The clearer the teacher makes it, the worse it is for you. You must work things out for yourself and make the ideas your own.

The calculus is the greatest aid we have to the application of physical truth in the broadest sense of the word.

Geometry is the noblest branch of physics.

The intellect perpetuates the worldly life.

The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives all else is claimed by death.

There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind.

You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.

None of the Christian religions do [interest me]. They're all outer-directed.

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.

Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.

The music stuff is just a hobby.

The key of 'The Earth from Above,' and of 'Home' is to show the beauty of the planet, and thereby to promote love for it.