“Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.”
“I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?”