A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

Let your life lightly dance on the edge of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. 

Some of the greatest pains are often caused by people who are dear to us.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always pluck a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Whether you call it Buddhism or other religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.