“There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain.”

“A world without you is unknown to me. I don't even know if it exists.”

“I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.”

“Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back.”

“How can you be qualified as a genius without knowing the primary factors that made you to be so in the first place? Without knowing the cause, shows that you are still ignorant of your own existence.”

“Everybody always knows where they stand with you, don't they?”

“You have a dilemma that is even greater than the one you think you have of not knowing which is the right God. It's the dilemma of 'guilt'. Everyone has it. You can drown it in booze or say it doesn't exist, or insist that you don't feel guilt, but it is still something you have. This is because it's not a feeling; it's a condition.”

“The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.”

“[ Computing ] is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph. D. or anything else. It's a place where you can still be an artisan. People are willing to pay you if you're any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.”

“You're a watchful guy. you know where that comes from?" I shook my head. "It comes from feeling out of place," he said. "Believe me. I know.”