No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.