All a man can see while looking at the sky are cosmic fossils of thousands and millions of years ago. The only thing an astrologer can predict, is the past.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.

When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

Many of us will not realize who we are because we do not want to go through the pain and trials

Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the reviews say.

One does not ask whether a scientific theory is true, but only whether it is convenient.

So, "normal" is really what society dictates as normal and if we're born in that world, we would see that as normal. But if you think about it for a second, is it really?

I'm more interested in producing than acting.

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

But that's how the heart is. Stubborn and foolish.

If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power. Instead focus on your purpose, on your most authentic and fundamental intentions.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious].