I am not to blame for putting forward, in the course of my work on science, any general rule derived from a previous conclusion.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

With all my heart, I’m willing to try a start

Each small kindness given or received is evidence that life is worthwhile.

She was bruised from crashing so many times, but she hadn’t lost her hunger for flight.

Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the China luxury.

If I cut my hair, others did. If I shortened my dresses, so did everyone else.

The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.