There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Man is a universe within himself.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

You can't just let nature run wild.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.

So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in the world.

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.