It is impossible to speak in such a way 

that you cannot be misunderstood.

The single biggest problem in communication 

is the illusion that it has taken place.

As far as we can discern, 

the sole purpose of human existence 

is to kindle a light 

in the darkness 

of mere being.

The secret of genius 

is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, 

which means 

never losing your enthusiasm.

We become what we behold. 

We shape our tools 

and then our tools shape us.

A short cut to riches 

is to subtract from our desires.

The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim 

that when paradigms change, 

the world itself changes with them.

 

Without a knowledge of mythology 

much of the elegant literature of our own language 

cannot be understood and appreciated.

I throw a spear into the darkness. 

That is intuition. 

Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. 

That is intellect.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

In any field, 

find the strangest thing 

and then explore it.

I am hitting my head against the walls, 

but the walls are giving way.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Self-control means wanting to be effective 

at some random point 

in the infinite radiations 

of my spiritual existence.

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting 

without being aware that it is counting.

It is only with the heart 

that one can see rightly; 

what is essential 

is invisible to the eye.