God makes nothing without order, and everything that forms itself develops imperceptibly out of small parts.

Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.

Everything that is possible demands to exist.

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.

Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.

The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.

Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.

We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

Run! Go perfect your crafts. Run! Go use your creativity.

The forces of the sea give rise to imagination, which reflects them according to the nature and disposition of the perceiver. The sea itself is undifferentiated and without bias.

Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry?

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

I'd rather be wrong to set you free than be right to do you harm (162).

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

Vinyl is great, I made a lot of vinyl, but I don't want new vinyl that's from digital sources, because that's a rip off.

Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will.

He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.