If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species.

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.

I feel how little it concerns me, everything that’s called "the world, " and how grand and exciting what I privately call the world is to me.

Learn from your experience shooting your film, and then move on to the next.

... man is eating the earth up like a candy bar.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.

English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.

Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.

Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority.

I love the classroom.