The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.

Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.

Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level.

My husband makes fun of me, because I know I can use strong prose to jazz-hand my way through plot that isn't as interesting as I'd like it to be.

My talents are in demand, and my unique gifts are appreciated by those around me.

It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?

Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.

How can I have peace? Not by talking about peace, But by walking Along the road of peace.