Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that, perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

Machines certainly can solve problems, store information, correlate, and play games - but not with pleasure.

The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.