Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality.

Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend.

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, the opportunity for a man to learn anything

The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century.

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.