“Oh my son, so poor in doing the right things, so rich in doing the wrong things! What great poverty it is to be so rich!”

“Cheerful poor is rich with a smile, sulky rich is poor with a bullion of gold.”

“The poor looking shepherd of the dessert is in substance very rich with all the magical treasures of the desert.”

“Do not hold an idea tightly! There is always a possibility that what you believe might be wrong! Hold your ideas loosely so that you can easily get rid of them once you have realised that they are wrong!”

“Poverty is a scorpion; it stings the poor and it also stings the men with high conscience who feel sad about the poverty; the rest is immune to it!”

“Always do the things fast in your life, because some things are coming from the future towards you; they may separate you forever from doing the things you want to do! Never forget, some things are coming from the future, be fast!”

“What have you done for science today? Stop doing things for God! He doesn't need anything. Do something for science, for God's sake!”