In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit.

Nature does not proceed by leaps.

The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.

A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.

Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.

Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds.

I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.

Nature's economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary. An economist without knowledge of nature is therefore like a physicist without knowledge of mathematics.

Natural bodies are divided into three kingdomes of nature: viz. the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. Minerals grow, Plants grow and live, Animals grow, live, and have feeling.

Not all light is good. There is negative light, that can cast bad shadows.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

It has become fashionable in Washington to argue that Obamacare cannot be reversed. That is nonsense. It's a fight worth waging, and a fight which can be won.

The world economy is more stable than for a generation ... Our hugely sophisticated financial markets match funds with ideas better than ever before.

don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous.

It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.

I started studying filmmakers, and I would say early on the ones that really inspired me the most were like the field magicians of music videos.

[There is] a great book from Ravi Zacharis, a scholar from India, and its called Jesus Among Other Gods. I havent read that one, but I know Ravi really well, and I know its a good book.

Salvation is a work of God to show His glory. That’s why He’s not going to let it fail.