Intuitive knowledge is an illumination of the soul, whereby it beholds in the light of God those things which it pleases Him to reveal to us by a direct impression of divine clearness.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

Everything I've written up to this point is crap. Now I'm going to write the real one

Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people.

They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value.

Where the eye divides, the ear connects.

I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

I don't believe money is evil, but it can be terribly corrosive.

My career suffered massively because I had a reputation for being a very tabloid person.