There is nothing but quotations left for us. Our language is a system of quotations.

How come a boy can be so stupid, but a Daddy, who actually used to be a BOY himself, can be so wonderful?

The creative principle [of science] resides in mathematics.

If I had only three years to serve the Lord, I would spend two of them studying and preparing.

America is rising with a giant's strength. Its bones are yet but cartilages.

It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else

You don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.

The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations.

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at this moment.

Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK.

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.