“Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.”

“The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. ”

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”

“We want to be, when we are young,A little man.I would like to be a big child,Stronger and fairer than a man,And more lucid than a child.”

“Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.”

“But a child, so recently come into the world from the void of creation, can be more resilient than the strongest man, more strong willed than the hardiest woman. A child is like an early spring bulb that carries all the resources needed within its skin for the first push through the soil towards the sun. And just as a little bit of water can start the bulb to grow, even through fissured rock, so can a little kindness give a child the ability to push through the dark.”