“A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”

“What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that?”

“When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it.”

“A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.”

“Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?”

“I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems.You ask me what to do about them.It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race.Face that one first.”

“Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge.”