"Most of life's battles are fought inside ourselves, & our greatest periods of growth usually come during crises."

“Praise the invisible sun burning beyond the white cold sky, giving us light and the chimney's shadow.”

“The laws of physics that we regard as 'sacred,' as immutable, are anything but.”

Source : John Archibald Wheeler (2010). “Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics”, p.298, W. W. Norton & Company

“We also confuse trust with familiarity.”

Source : Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores (2003). “Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life”, p.55, Oxford University Press

“Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement.”

“I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse, a free trip to Chantilly, marriage, a large unsolicited loan, ten tips for a ten-horse race, two second-hand cars, a fight, and the copyright to a dying jockey's life story.”

“Strive for originality in thought and action. Be first; Be different; And be daring. Only then will you make a significant difference in this world. You may even attain greatness.”

“In Russia, less than one percent of trials end with an acquittal. With trials that were initiated for political reasons those chances are zero.”

“I just love historical fiction.”