Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were.

The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable.

All invention and progress comes from finding a link between two ideas that have never met.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

Nothing influences our ability to cope with the difficulties of our existence so much as the context in which we view them; the more contexts we can choose between, the less do the difficulties appear to be inevitable and insurmountable.

The violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born.