Year after year students tumble along like the waters of a river. They flow away, and only the teacher is left behind, like some deeply buried rock at the bottom of the current.

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.

The minute you begin to have doubts, the floor under your feet starts to shake.

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

Time cannot be spurred on like a horse.

Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions.

Musicians can look forward to playing with the best musicians that ever played. They can even have their own band!

You live your life at the time you live it -- you don't have much of an overview when what's happening to you is still happening.

The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no means always true.

It was kind of fun being the headliners.

Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.

There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.

Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave.

The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.

Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.