Thus God alone is the primary Unity, or original simple substance, from which all monads, created and derived, are produced.

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.

all the parts of mei did not show youwere the onesi wanted you to notice.

I took my .38 out and looked to see that there were bullets in all the proper places. I knew there would be, but it did no harm to be careful. And I'd seen Clint Eastwood do it once in the movies.

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.

If you are an activist, you have to stay active on a daily basis.

What's that?" "The laundry basket?" "No, next to it." "I don't see anything next to it." "It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small.

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.

What could be more superstitious than the idea that money brings forth food?