Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.

Ideas are the roots of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name

You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God.

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind

(Topper) I’ll story ’em, Fin. I’ll story ’em clean.

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

Falling out of a posture means you are human; getting back into the posture means you are a yogi.

In a way, I feel that film roles haven't given me the opportunity to show I have a sense of humor.

Obamacare is collapsing... imploding Obamacare disaster.

During an intense period of lab work, the outside world vanishes and the obsession is total. Sleep is when you can curl up on the accelerator floor for an hour.

A woman only can understand a woman.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.