"Waste no more time arguing what a god man should be. Be one."

"People don't live nowadays --- they get about ten percent out of life."

"Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies."

"Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God."

"The important is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn."

"Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."

"If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity."

"The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language."

"My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'"

"A word to the wise is infuriating."

"If you're afraid to let someone else see your weakness, take heart: Nobody's perfect. Besides, your attempts to hide your flaws don't work as well as you think they do."

"I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building."