Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

The human intellect is the great truth-organ; realities, as they exist, are the subjects of its study; and knowledge is the result of its acquaintance with the things which it investigates.

Genuine and innocent wit is surely the very flavor of the mind.

Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to believe that only so far as he knows and loves it can he live worthily on earth, and vindicate the dignity of his spirit.

Heaven alone, not earth, is destined to witness the repose of faith.

The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose.

We hail science as man's truest friend and noblest helper.

In solitude all great things are born.

Life is the offspring of death.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world.

As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.

I prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page where it belongs. - Elinor

California: Sunny nutland.

There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.

Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.

I rather hate the whole digital world concerning music - nothing to touch, too many songs and no thread, no artwork etc., and no label to talk with and have support from.

I believe in ghosts and spirits, and I believe that they can possess you.

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.