Knowledge is power, and the right knowledge lets man perform miraculous, almost godlike tasks.

Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.

Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.

Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of predujice.

The power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought.

The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.

God is found in the collection of Many. . . rather than in the One.

Darkness feeds on apathy.

You can point to the alleged miracles of the Bible, or any other religious text, but they are nothing but old stories fabricated by man and then exaggerated over time.

In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.

The danger in reviewing and teaching literature for a living (is) you can develop a kind of knee-jerk superiority to the material you're "decoding

On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.

I'm not at ease with the word "love."

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so.

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.

There is not a more pleasante exercise of the mind than gratitude.