The importance of an individual thinker owes something to chance. For it depends upon the fate of his ideas in the minds of his successors.

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.

Today I trust me. I trust in my perceptions. Today I will live my own truth that glows within, a life of no deceptions.

Life is like a diamond. More you trim it, more it becomes beautiful...

I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.

Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.

You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches

At first glance, that might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that's precisely the point.

I'm a big believer in pushing yourself outside your comfort zone and stretching yourself artistically, but not at the expense of foolishness.

A naturopath once told me you should never take antibiotics except if you have pneumonia, a kidney infection or some other serious illness. That's my philosophy, too.

When you play in midfield, you've got to have legs