The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.

Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.

To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.

Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found.

If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment.

There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, "He who hates vice hates mankind."

Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme.

Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.

Beauty is the moment when time vanishes. Beauty is the space where eternity arises.

Are you a Christian? she said.I answered:I am a Christian, I am a Jew, I am a Catholic, I am Muslim. I am each and everyone of you my child, look into the mirror and you will see me, as i see you..

Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur, where students work together with their teachers to acquire knowledge of the arts and sciences.

I'm not a vegetarian but I want you to know that my four dogs are safe.

How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

My worries always lead to dungeons; I can't imagine a worse thing than to be imprisoned for the rest of one's life, especially with so few years to enjoy what little there is.

I haven't done anything wrong that I need to make up for. I am what I am in front of the world.

Peter Fonda is the reason I became a motorcyclist. I saw Easy Rider and I bought a motorcycle the next day, and I rode it all the way from LA to San Francisco.

besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other.