Isaac Quotes
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
The Second Temple was destroyed because of causeless hatred. Perhaps the Third will be rebuilt because of causeless love.
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.
The wonderful arrangement and harmony of the cosmos would only originate in the plan of an almighty omniscient being. This is and remains my greatest comprehension.
The changing of Bodies into Light, and Light into Bodies, is very conformable to the Course of Nature, which seems delighted with Transmutations.
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.
A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.
Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.
Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.
In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.
Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a speck of flattery.
I want the Arabic Granada, that which is art, which is all that seems to me beauty and emotion
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.
Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.
The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.
O Christian, never be proud of things that are so transient, injurious, and uncertain as the riches of this evil world! But set your heart on the true and durable riches of grace in Christ Jesus.
No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.
The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.
In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, everything collapses.
