"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

"Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did."

"The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

"The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side."

"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments."

"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."

"One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can."