The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.

Think inside the work - outside the work

When I've finally got the title, I think, "Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.

If we move toward the weaponisation of space, we can bid farewell to the planet. The chances of survival are very slight.

There is no explanation in the Big Bang theory for the seemingly fortuitous fact that the density of matter has just the right value for the evolution of a benign, life supporting universe.

More than whether you live or die, it's how you are living or dying that is important.

To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.