Mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore.

You hear the same thing every year but that is because it is true. In a short series, pitching is very dominant.

You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

In the vernacular of my grandfather, 'I does not care.'

Put your weird in your work!

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

Do what you dream of doing and never lose sight of that

As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn't really overturn a science paradigm.

Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

My father mainly liked writers. His friends were writers. He wanted to find the writing. That was his main frustration I think.