Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect their existence.

Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilities.

If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?

There are men who would be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.

What, then, is this blue sky, which certainly does exist, and which veils from us the stars during the day?

The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable.

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.

The supernatural does not exist.

Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!

Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.

Being totally inclusive is essential for the outcome to possess any true value

Put your sword back in its place, " Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Love frees my thoughts and deeds.

We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.

I'm a moron because I don't want to lie in a gutter puking over myself... yeah right

I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of a brothel, in possession of a verra large sausage.

Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.

Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!

I suppose I'd get in trouble if I were to melt them down.

Deep love creates deep fear. It looks like death because the I disappears, the you disappears - and it is a sort of death. And when you die, only then do you enter into the divine.