And thereby make ourselves, as it were, the lords and masters of nature.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

The past is a ghost, the future a dream and all we ever have is now.

There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.

The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

Herman Cain said, starting today, if you buy into his 9-9-9 plan, he'll throw in a free 32-ounce soda.

He that would eat of love must eat it where it hangs.

Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women.

Now that I think about it, you’d have to be a glutton for punishment to keep coming near me given my acerbic personality where you’re concerned. (Tory)

No man can run up the natural line of Evolution without coming to Christianity at the top.