A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.

Why are we willing to accept a new mathematical formula we don't understand as the product of a brilliant mind, while rejecting a new art form we don't understand as the product of a deranged mind?

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.