The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Make sure people learn and grow from mistakes, and that they share that learning. But, don’t accept the same mistake twice. Only make new mistakes.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance.

I was born in Belgium and moved to Amsterdam when I was 17. I am not a Calvinist Dutchman but a Catholic Belgian. I think that makes a big difference.

Golf is typical capitalist luncay.

What makes that record special is something that is gone from music today - it's called a rhythm section.

You don't become a rock star for no reason.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.