We are sorry to confess that biological hypotheses have not yet completely got out of the second phase, and that ghost of ‘vital force’ still haunts many wise heads.

Ohne Phosphor, Kein Gedanke. Without phosphorus there would be no thoughts.

For the thinker the world is a thought; for the wit, an image; for the enthusiast, a dream; for the inquirer, truth.

Death is the surest calculation that can be made.

The universe, as we see it, is the result of regularly working forces, having a causal connection with each other and therefore capable of being understood by human reason.

What we still designate as chance, merely depends on a concatenation of circumstances, the internal connection and final causes of which we have as yet been unable to unravel.

Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities".

Be direct and sure of the path you tread, but not so sure that you pass the paths better suited to your feet, brother.

I'm blown away by how happy you make me. Thank you for being there for me when I'm stupid enough to think I'd rather be alone.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more.

I was two years old when my mom put me in mommy and me classes. I always had a lot of energy so it was the perfect fit!

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.

Acting alone in a world that's alive in political stirring is to condemn oneself to isolation and probably protracted warfare of the kind that can be dissipating.