What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.

Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

For once reality and his brains came into contact and the result was fatal.

You loved me before seeing me

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

I like groaning. That means that you're not pandering to their already settled prejudices.

When you fly high people will throw stones at you. Don't look down. Just fly higher so the stones won't reach you

The Doors really were a band of potheads.

It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

Well Mandira, I hope not. You see, I started both their careers. And as far as i can remember, I started yours too.

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted.