In science read by preference the newest works in literature the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

Time is money.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Animals are here to live their lives. We are here to live ours. We can live well without eating them. How pathetic it is that we have to eat a life just to live our lives!

I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.

Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.

Offers come up, but I'm still fighting for jobs and auditioning and being rejected.

I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel.

By the way, food and rent aren't the only things around here that cost money. You sleep on the couch.

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt.

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.

Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.

If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.