“The difference between actually very serious and actually very funny is actually very thin.”

“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image”

“Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next generation; they typically preserve the environment for the ten-thousandth generation. While human industrial processes can produce Kevlar, it takes a temperature of thousands of degrees to do it, and the fiber is pulled through sulfuric acid. In contrast, a spider makes its silk - which per gram is several times stronger than steel - at room temperature in water.”

“When speaking to a Bear of Very Little Brain, remember that long words may bother him.”

“Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!*It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it’s actually very rough when you experience it.*”

“It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.”

“Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse.”