Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond.

Your opinions are your symptoms.

I'm hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why.

The causes we know everything about depend on causes we know very little about, which depend on causes we know absolutely nothing about.

I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.

A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.