...Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

The barrier has begun to yield.

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings.

There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.

What God sends is welcome.

It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them.

The act of accumulating knowledge about the transcendent concepts and the ability to actually experience the inner essence that these concepts signify are two very different things.

Life belongs to the living and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

History, in a democratic age, tends to become a series of popular apologies, and is inclined to assume that the people can do no wrong.

FKA Twigs is stunning. She has beautiful contemporary and unique sound with an almost psychedelic vibe. Her music is great for the runway.

And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.

Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin.

So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.

I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine.