"To be a saint does not exclude fine dresses nor a beautiful house."

"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!"

"All is ephemeral--fame and the famous as well."

"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"

"Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody."

"The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry."

"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."

"The moment that any of us begins to trade principle for approval we give up our power."

"Never put yourself in a position that will put yourself at risk if you make the wrong decision. We spent cash on everything. It's fashionable to make 'bet the company' decisions, but don't do it."

"A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms."