It is idle to dispute with old men. Their opinions, like their cranial sutures, are ossified.

The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.

Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain.

The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our mindlessness or our ignorance.

In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years.

Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.

There are no small problems. Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood

In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.

That which enters the mind through reason can be corrected. That which is admitted through faith, hardly ever.

To know the brain...is equivalent to ascertaining the material course of thought and will, to discovering the intimate history of life in its perpetual duel with external forces.

Nothing inspires more reverence and awe in me than an old man who knows how to change his mind.

All interpretations of history are propaganda for one idea or another.

Danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.

I believe that everyone has the right to live a happy and healthy life.

The kundalini energy rests in potential at the base of the spine. It is possible to take that energy and allow it to move, to unleash it, from the base of the spine up to the third eye.

I'd like to think that if you find your audience there are still opportunities there to go and tell an original story.

If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

War makes early risers of us all.

Our self-love is mortified, when we think our opinions, and even our tastes, customs, and dresses, either arraigned or condemned;as, on the contrary, it is tickled and flattered by approbation.

Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.

If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.