Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short.

I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.

Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.