Indeed, I find that distance lends perspective and I often write better of a place when I am some distance from it. One can be so overwhelmed by the forest as to miss seeing the trees.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.

A journey is time suspended.

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.

Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.

Personally, I do not believe the human mind has any limits but those we impose ourselves.

Our world is made up of a myriad of microcosms, of tiny worlds, each with its own habitues, every one known to the others.

I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.

Procrastination can wait for Tomorrrow.

Prejudicial attitude toward each other in a team is an obstacle in the way to unity

You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer.

Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity for anyone.

Don't worry about your future lives, past lives. Button up your shirt! Stand up straight! Go out and do something. Go out and have some fun. Be alive, change, dissolve, explode!

Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone.

You must really begin to harden yourself to the idea of being worth looking at.

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.