“إن جوهر التعليم لا يقتصر على نقل المعرفة والمعلومات، بل يكمن أيضاً في التنشئة على قيم النبل والاستقامة والرجولة، ما يتطلب بنظري استئصال الخصال غير المستحبة كالبذاءة والسطحية والغطرسة.”

“Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.”

“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”

“I would guess that he thought and thought for at least ten years before he came up with a stupendous idea, that glory of man's inventiveness, pants.”

“Watch birth and death:The lotus has alreadyOpened its flower.”

“Over the wintry forest, winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow.”

“From then on, my thesis hung over me like a curse, and with bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman.”