I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”

Plato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — but my greatest friend is truth.

In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases.

Things are going to get unimaginably worse, and they are never, ever, going to get better

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? you'd never wholly know you.