Science is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Be the Light you seek so desperately in your life and chase away that darkness.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

There are hundreds of intelligent and big brains in every country in the world to run that country successfully but somehow and often either an immoral stupid or a charlatan imbecile comes to power!

The goal of the human experience is to transform ourselves from being who long to attain power in the physical world to beings who are empowered from within.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

Rollover minutes don’t work with curfews.

If you worship power, you will feel weak and afraid, needing ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.