Knowledge is the key driver of the progress of civilization.

Understanding how little we know is crucial to gaining knowledge.

The older the friendship, the stronger the trust.

Superficial people consider themselves capable of doing everything. The question, however, is who is willing to hire them?

There will come a time when people will realize the greatest mysteries of the universe: will a human then meet anything other than himself?

In the frame of a known phenomenon of life, a human could be defined as the only proven thinking creature.

Do not look for company at all costs, and especially do not allow loneliness to lead you to fickle love or false friendship.

Acquiring knowledge through the centuries has influenced human society more than all other factors.

The development of civilization was marked by constant changes. This will continue – therefore, the future will belong to people ready for change.

Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for the one helped.

Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement.

Are you gonna follow your soul? Or just the style of the day?

I'm not an urban person.

Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche are for us like guideposts to a past which has lost its significance.

I must do something to keep my thoughts fresh and growing. I dread nothing so much as falling into a rut and feeling myself becoming a fossil.

The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity.

I'm a straight lady, the best in Hollywood. There is an art to playing the straight role. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs.

The heart never becomes wrinkled.

Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.

To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons.

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.