When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.

I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

You are Bellman, aren’t you? The genius who sent the sauna ape after me?” Harry nodded toward the Finn.

With diligent practice, you will be an expert.

God is a frequency. Stay tuned.

If there is a way to delay an important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain, and is consequently but a minor part of the principal object.

Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something in a person that draws them to the light.

I do not condone hostility toward any church simply to vent personal malice or umbrage.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.