“Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.”

“Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.”

“To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.”

“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”

“There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a man's reasoning powers.”

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.”

“They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves at the sight of used tires stacked high...”

“The world seemed to shimmer a little at the edges.”

“If we cannot accept the importance of the world, which considers itself important, if in the midst of that world our laughter finds no echo, we have but one choice: to take the world as a whole and...”

“No matter how sweet is smells, if you know it will give you a discomfort later, don't even attempt to taste it. Discipline yourself to stay out of sin!”

“All those who are not straightforward (frank and forthright) in this world are full of deception.”

“Intelligence without wisdom is nothing more than stupidity that looks smart.”