All beauty that surrounds us must one day perish.

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.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

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

We are thrown together with a sprinkling of stardust.

Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

It is only when you run away from what society wants you to do with your time and then invest that time into doing what you were born to do that you can attain greatness and live a fulfilled life.

The life that you are about to embrace is not that of a soldier or a commando. It is the way of the assassin.

You got a gun, you don't have to work out.

Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort.

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

We're not good at thinking fast. We are good at feeling fast.

She didn't go all fangirl on anyone, but I suspect that's only because none of them bore the slightest resemblance to Nathan Fillion.

You need to build an ability to just be yourself, and not be doing something.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.