Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played a German piece of music and a woman in the audience exclaimed: "How wonderful! It sounds so German!" Einstein responded: "Madam, people are all the same."

We sleep 1/3 of our lives away.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

Everyday is an oportunity to make a new happy ending.

Common sense needs constant reappraisal.

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

Solutions to tough problems should be made as simple as possible - and no simpler.