Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.

In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state.

Unperformed experiments have no results.

I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.

I spy with my little eye a great story.

The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.