The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.

Madness in method, that's genius

I am like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness - until one day the ability to feel is forced into them. And I say "Look! I have no hands!" But the people all around me say: "What are hands?