It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Our memory fragments don't have any coherence until they're imagined in words. Time is a property of language, of syntax, and tense.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.

Some people get attached to their practice. They get good at it, but even becoming a good meditator can become a hindrance.

If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer ... We are in the business of reproducing reality from nothing. We are the biggest liars in the world, seeking truth.

What I love is the writing, it's not having written. I like the process of it.

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.

For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.