There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will.

Truth is, we don’t get grace. But it sure can get us.

For a nation to be truly wealthy, it must possess a wealth of virtues.

Never shall a young man, Thrown into despairBy those great honey-colouredRamparts at your ear, Love you for yourself aloneAnd not your yellow hair.

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.

I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.

I'm trying to suggest a kind of Middle Earth, in Tolkien terms. It's a contiguous world; it's like ours but different.

If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.

How would I treat a girl if she was my girlfriend? I'm a really affectionate person and I like being a gentleman.

The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself, and his own existence?