The world is not a machine. Everything in it is force, life, thought.

Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.

Everything that is possible demands to exist.

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.

Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.

The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.

Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.

We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.

How do you fill the space between, "God says it, " and, "I believe it, "?

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.

The same words come from each mouth differently.

Obviously I struck gold with Deadwood. No pun intended.

When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high knowing that the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you.

Candidates [Hillary Clinton and Donald trump], we look forward to hearing you articulate your policies and your positions, as well as your visions and your values.

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.