The opening of the first grammar school was the opening of the first trench against monopoly in Church and State.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Nah, " I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike.""What?""He'll understand.

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.

I'm not just a fan of the really restored ones, the shiny ones. But I like the working man's cars.

[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?

Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.

Some are born who never need them, Others still who never read them, signs.

I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.

Am I really a good mathematician?

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.