“Experience is knowing what not to do and knowing when not to do it.”

“I did not know then that this is what life is - just when you master the geometry of one world, it slips away, and suddenly again, you're swarmed by strange shapes and impossible angles.”

“We know what we are, that we walk like we are not long for this world, that this world has never longed for us.”

“Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men”

“Do you honestly think Lenin is any different from J.P. Morgan? That you, if you were given absolute power, would behave any differently? Do you know the primary difference between men and gods?...Gods don't think they can become men.”

“You'll never get ahead if your always running behind”

“Why do you dwell on things that don’t matter when there are so many things that do?”