The new frontiers to be conquered are mainly in the convolutions of the cortex.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

The jester is brother to the sage.

One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly emerges from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

I believe that the evidence for telepathy is overwhelming and that it is a part of reality that is above science. Science allows us to glimpse [only] fragments of reality.

All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people."

If you don't get a goodnight kiss, you get Kafka dreams.

The reason I don't retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It's about expanding, constantly pushing yourself.

Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others.

We live in a niche world.

In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.

I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.