It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

Let me tell you what I look like: pale face, long hair, and a tiny start of a paunch. In addition, an awkward gait, and a cigar in the mouth and a pen in pocket or hand.

I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in the silence, and the truth comes to me.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing.