In England it was enough that Newton was the greatest mathematican of his century; in France he would have been expected to be agreeable too.

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.

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

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.

If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same.

Poverty is spiritual halitosis.

It's God's world. He washes you clean. He makes you whole. He puts rain in your garden and sunshine in your heart. "Clarence

Humanized gods are too small to captivate my imagination, or be worthy of my fullest allegiance.

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

Prayer doesn’t work in the way that you think. If you pray for good health and it is genuine, you might be coming into sickness. The essence of good health has to do with a most delicate well-being.

I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.

We ought at least, from prudence, never to speak of ourselves, because that is a subject on which we may be sure that other people's views are never in accordance with our own.

Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.