The supernatural does not exist.

Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect their existence.

Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilities.

If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?

There are men who would be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.

What, then, is this blue sky, which certainly does exist, and which veils from us the stars during the day?

The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable.

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.

Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!

Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.

Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.

By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.

You know you're putting a good thing out into the universe when you put on glitter.

I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

Silence is the neutral Center in which movements take a breath of repose.

If you’re going to criticize, you should propose.

Cats are like donkeys and camels, they won't ever quite give in to human tyranny, they won't try to imitate the human soul.

What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show.