“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”

“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.”

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”

“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”

“Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.”

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

“When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.”

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”