It is contrary to reasoning to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing.

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?

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

I am the Ayatollah of rock 'n' rolla

When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind.

Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.

We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.

I'd rather go to hell than be in purgatory...

Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in joy. Not knowing joy, we do not know ourselves.

I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.

The whole past is the procession of the present.

Always follow your heart and have faith in yourself and believe in the Lord and He will believe in you.