"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that a dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it."

"I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy."

"You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone."

"I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer."