"As long as I am this or that, I am not all things."

“The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't.”

Source : "On being wrong". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2011.

“You have to be out there and have a mound presence. You have to be real aggressive and be real confident. You have to put the hitters on defense.”

“To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dracula". "Dracula", 1931.

“I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.”

“Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2010). “23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism”, p.40, Penguin UK

“By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.”

Source : Sharon M. Draper (2012). “Out of My Mind”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

“It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send.”

“What would the world be like if you had to develop a power yourself before you could use it? Just as a silly example: How would the comment section on YouTube change if, to use it, you had to have the schooling necessary to have a basic understanding of how computers and the internet work? More seriously, would anyone smart enough to know how to design and build a tank, or a laser guided anti-aircraft missile, or a computer and video editing software be stupid enough to join ISIS? In fact, if such knowledge was required—would it even be possible for there to be standing armies?”