Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.

How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler.