"The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability."

"Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me."

"Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it."

"The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind."

"I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself."

"I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted."

"A courageous heart knows that the true master is an eternal student."

"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."