“It is better to know so much about a few but important things, than to know so little about life, and much about trivial things.”

“The quality of knowledge youbring into the relationshipdetermines the quality of therelationship.”

“You must consciously choose what you know. Knowledge fromthis present social system is notdesigned to help you succeed.”

“Knowledge is what you know,that gives you an edge overthe ordinary person.”

“It is better to be a Number Two in a working system, than be a Number One yet lack capacity to make the system work.”

“Mathematics is life: the workings (process) is more important than the answer (proof/product). A wrong process cannot make a right product.”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what...”

“His pen spoke more to her than he ever did.In the war of words, some are unwritten and some are unspoken.”

“How might I get over this? How would I be able to overlook the way he used to be with me? How could I overlook that his fingers touched my indiscernible soul before it twisted my nipples? How might...”

“A true philosopher must never give up.”

“...these sleepless nights, when oddly enough my concentration was high, fueled perhaps by the effort to ignore the all-engrossing threat of bombs and rockets.”

“Never, never, never give in!”

“With God on your side, what does luck matter?”

“That's not a good idea.”

“Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.”