"The burned hand teaches best. After that,..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.”

“For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of the Earth.”

“Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”

“There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forget the senior guys. The senior guys and gals are there, willing to do their best work for you.”

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

“Every man is the sum total of his reactions to experience. As your experiences differ and multiply, you become a different man, and hence your perspective changes. This goes on and on. Every reaction is a learning process; every significant experience alters your perspective.”

“I have always paid attention to the merits of my enemies, and found it an advantage.”

“Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.”

“One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing about it. Because by forcing yourself to write about it and putting it down in words, you can't avoid having your say on the subject. You might be wrong, but you have to think about it very intensely to write about it.”