It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Time wounds all heels.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Criticize the act, not the person.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy