Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

We see through others only when we see through ourselves.

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

The urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious.

It was the craving to be a one and only people which impelled the ancient Hebrews to invent a one and only God whose one and only people they were to be.