He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.

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.

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

When Death laughs, no one else does

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades.

L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recorded on tape making racist comments. He now has been banned from the league for life. Great, just where Sterling wanted to end up - the blacklist.

I have always taken care to put an idea or emotion behind my words. I have made it a habit to be suspicious of the mere music of words.

When you're driving, the helmet squashes your hair, so you don't really have a hairstyle. When you get out, you're sweating and your hair is a mess.

Nonviolence is the rock on which the whole structure of non-co-operation is built.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.