“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.”

“The point is not to be the best, but to be the best you can be.”

“The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in a swarm.”

“Whatever your aptitudes, the greatest source of achievement is passion. Aptitude matters, but passion often matters more If you love doing something, youll be constantly drawn to get better at it.”

“Revolutions are defined not only by the ideas that drive them but by the scale of their impact.”

“If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.”

“In a universe where all life is in movement, where ever fact seen in perspective is totally engaging, we impose stillness on lively young bodies, distort reality to dullness, make action drudgery. ...”

“If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. ”

“When you're a kid all you know is that your dad puts on his suit or overalls and vanishes from your life until nightfall. Sometimes my pops came back exhausted and scarlet-eyed, as if he'd been eng...”

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.”

“I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.”

“Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”