"I think his karma became to serve in nature and not to serve in the world, while I think my karma is to be in the world."

“When I'm in good form there are chances that rivals will worry more about you more than you about them.”

“The future, and the future alone, is the home of explanation.”

“Consider that all accomplishment is constituted by a series of resolved breakdowns.”

“This is England," he explained. "Tell someone it's a procedure, and they'll believe you. The pointless procedure is one of our great natural resources.”

“Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books

“Modern economics and the welfare state borrowed heavily on the future.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.445, Spectra

“My government is in no sense anti-Russian.”

“In the deep jungles of Africa, a traveler was making a long trek. Coolies had been engaged from a tribe to carry the loads. The first day they marched rapidly and went far. The traveler had high hopes of a speedy journey. But the second morning these jungle tribesmen refused to move. For some strange reason they just sat and rested. On inquiry as to the reason for this strange behavior, the traveler was informed that they had gone too fast the first day, and that they were now waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies.”