The present contains nothing more than the past and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.

We are free when our actions emanate from our total personality, when they express it, when they resemble it in the indefinable way a work of art sometimes does the artist.

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.

Intuition is a method of feeling one's way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

The motive power of democracy is love

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

If I spray it on the seat, lady gonna tie a big knot in the meat.

Conversion does not mean a change of outward appearance; rather it requires a change of mind and results in a transformed life.

I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.

The Yankees would be a much better team if they signed a proven closer instead of Tanaka.

When I get recognized, every time feels like the first time.

All numbers are multiples of one, all sciences converge to a common point, all wisdom comes out of one center, and the number of wisdom is one.

Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.