All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

There is no smallest among the small and no largest among the large, but always something still smaller and something still larger.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot rock.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.

In everything, there is a share of everything

Conclusions from observations are unreliable, only the mind can come nearer to to the truth. Thus, in some ways, philosophy is more important than science.

The sun provides the moon with its brightness.

All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness; for the small too was infinite.

New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker.

One consequence of this is that people are expected to make it on their own by chasing clicks or building a brand. What a diminished vision that is.

Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].

Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

Going forward, my mind will be open to every solution - except one. We should not - we must not - and I will not - raise taxes.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

We're taught to value ourselves not by the good we do but by the shoes we wear.

The universe is so amazing and so limitless, who wouldn't want to study the universe?

Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.