“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”

“I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.”

“Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man.”

“Learn about intentions, for their importance is greater than the importance of the actions”

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

“An idea can be greater than the Sun, because with an intelligent idea, man can discover the way to create another sun! Idea is the greatest power in this universe!”