He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.

Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.

The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.

To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.

My get-up-and-go often leaves without me.

I've seen enough family photos in enough homes to know that the term 'suitable for framing' should have a stricter definition.

Diplomacy - the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash.

As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world.

With ignorant masses, the travel back in time is not only a possible travel, but it is the only travel!

I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it's better to be alone than in a lousy relationship.

for we women are not only the deities of the household fire, but the flame of the soul itself.

A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.

My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.