Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.

The greater and more persistent your confidence in God, the more abundantly you will receive all that you ask.

I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.

Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.

Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.

People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters. What matters is what we learn from the mistakes, not what the mistake is.

Today I am amused, and I haven't seen anyone yet.

Never had Parliament or the crown, or both together, operated in actuality as theory indicated sovereign powers should.

Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.

If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.

Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.

It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.' 'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?