“The more
intelligent you become the more problems you’ll have…” (Pg 47)
“Now I
understand one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an
education is to learn that the things you’ve believed in all your life aren’t
true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.” (Pg 71)
“Even in the
world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent
and belong together.” (Pg 77)
“It’s
amazing the way things, apparently disconnected, hang together.” (Pg 96)
“Language is
sometimes a barrier instead of a pathway.” (Pg 114)
“Strange
about learning; the farther I go the more I see that I never knew even existed.
A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything- all the
knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and
to understand one grain of it.” (Pg 153)
“Nothing in
our minds is ever really gone.” (Pg 195)
“Even a
feeble-minded man wants to be like other men. A child may not know how to feed
itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.” (Pg 200)
“Finding out
who I really am – the meaning of my total existence involves knowing the
possibilities of my future as well as my past, where I’m going as well as where
I’ve been. Although we know the end of the maze holds death, I see now that the
path I choose through that maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but
also a way of being – one of many ways – and knowing the paths I have followed
and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.” (Pg
220-221)
“There are a
lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time
and affection.” (Pg 230)
“Life and
work are the most wonderful things a man can have.” (Pg 241)
“No one
really starts anything new. Everyone builds on other men’s failures. There is
nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of
knowledge is what counts.” (Pg 243)
“Don’t
misunderstand me. Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too
often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love.” (Pg 249)
“I am
afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had
never been.” (Pg 284)
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