Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.

The highest form of intelligence is wisdom

Life. It’s about adventure, of having a dream and following it.

People seldom change. Only their masks do. It is only our perception of them and the perception they have of themselves that actually change.

Doctors, by God; washing their hands, looking out windows, fiddling with dreadful things while you are stretched out on a table or half undressed on a chair.

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

The truth is that God can do anything He pleases through an ordinary person who is fully dedicated to Him.

Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.

I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.

In China today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America today, Britney Spears is Britney Spears-and that is our problem.