Radiance belongs to being considered precisely as beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the eye, or the ear, or the mind, and makes us want to perceive it again

History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought.

Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it.

To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of numbers and the arrangement of the universe

Philosophy always buries its undertakers.

Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires it with a certitude that does away with question.

Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.

The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams.

I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened." That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.

Solitude. One knows instinctively it has benefits that must be more deeply satisfying than those of other conditions, but still it is difficult.

I do feel fortunate to have some great options.

Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.

And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.

And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.

Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.

I hate loneliness, but it loves me.