Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

I didn't know there was something really wrong, because everyone was crazy. It's just that everyone else was still functional. I didn't realize that I was any worse off.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.

Go out and do something for somebody. Go out and give something to somebody. It will take you away from yourself and make you happy.

At what point is a wasp ever going to have a chat with a spider?

All women speak two languages: 
the language of men 
and the language of silent suffering.
 Some women speak a third, 
the language of queens.

Music, I say, the most divine striker of the senses.

The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality.