Nature can be so soothing to the tormented mind

Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

Before being free, it is necessary to be just

There are some races more cultured and advanced and ennobled by education than others; but there are no races nobler than others. All are equally destined for freedom.

Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.

At no other time has Nature concentrated such a wealth of valuable nourishment into such a small space as in the cocoa bean.

Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things.

Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people.

Statistical projections which speak to the senses without fatiguing the mind, possess the advantage of fixing the attention on a great number of important facts.

The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness.

Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.

Mom always said I was born to sit in the electric chair, but I'm proving her wrong. I'm going to die on my knees, begging for my life.

Having a vested interest in other souls unconditionally creates a ripple effect that produces miracles in the lives of those around us.

Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.

Home is where the heart is, we say, rubbing the flint of one abstraction against another.

Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.

I'm an equation that only she solves, these X's and Y's by other names called. My way of dividing is desperately flawed as I multiply the days without her" - Page 165

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

The only thing I know about Moses is him coming down from the mountain with the commandments and saying 'The good news is I got him down to 10. The bad news is adultery is still in.