“All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.”

“In future utopia will need to hurry to keep up with reality.”

“I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.”

“It [the rocket] will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.”

“The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.”

“Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.”

“I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.”

“If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.”

“I'm a peace-maker, I can fit into a lot of situations. I'm pretty easygoing. I have a lot of patience.”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”

“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.”