High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit — reptiles and eagles.

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.

There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics.

Just go on..and faith will soon return.

The true system of the World has been recognized, developed and perfected...Everything has been discussed and analysed, or at least mentioned.

Music that paints nothing is only noise.

Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her.

Push on and faith will catch up with you.

The more wit we have, the less satisfied we are with it.

To someone who could grasp the Universe from a unified standpoint the entire creation would appear as a unique truth and necessity.

Gaming is the destruction of all decorum; the prince forgets at it his dignity, and the lady her modesty.

Never sleep with a lady only once, especially in the case of an older lady.-'Rhett

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that's why it's hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.

If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

Nor think thou with wind Of æry threats to awe whom yet with deeds Thou canst not.

People are racist to us, sir, so why can't we be racist to rangas?

No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.

Capture the feeling associated with your realized wish by assuming the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of the thing you desire, and your wish will objectify itself.

I was a very hard-edged geometric painter, strongly influenced by [Piet] Mondrian and [Theo] van Doesburg and that sort of thing.