“ Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. ”

“ Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ”

“ Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. ”

“ The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. ”

“ It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. ”

“ If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. ”

“ You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise! ”

“ Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. ”

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

“ If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ”

“ The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. ”

“ Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ”