We must doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, but how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to the senses, such as the existence of God and the soul.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

Everyone thinks to the extent of their own depravity.

You never know where you can possibly reach in your lifetime if you pursue the path of constant and never ending self-development.

You don't have to be like anyone else. Just learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.

If there was an elephant in the supermarket, she'd either not see it at all, or call it Mrs Jones and talk about fishcakes.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

The modern suburb is the product of the car, the five-day week, and the "bankers' hours" of the masses.

Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.

When someone leaves an office, often there's a series of successors until you settle on one.

If I don't take the risk, I'll wind up with a bloodless poem. I have to be out there on the edge.