Isaac Quotes

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.

Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.

If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.

There never can be a man so lost as one who is lost in the vast and intricate corridors of his own lonely mind, where none may reach and none may save.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

The intelligent man is never bored.

If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations.

Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the music is.

If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

Let us love silence till the world is made to die in our hearts. Let us always remember death, and in this thought draw near to God in our heart - and the pleasures of this world will have our scorn.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.

We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.

Contemplate the wonders of creation, the Divine dimension of their being, not as a dim configuration that is presented to you from a distance, but as the reality in which you live.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

[Science is] a great game. It is inspiring and refreshing. The playing field is the universe itself.

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.

Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.

To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God.

The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

I can see so far because I stood on the shoulders of giants.

If you decide you don't have to get A's, you can learn an enormous amount in college.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why then should man expect mercy from God? It is unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — light and darkness mixed.