When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.

It is not just about what you can do that will make you a leader. It is about how well you can do it.

I don't mind getting up in front of people and playing - singing by myself, as raw as it comes, with nobody else helping me out, which shows that you have a little bit of talent.

Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet.

I think that's the best way to see things, especially this kind of play where there's no pyrotechnics, it's literally just people talking.

I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.

...but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes.

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.

Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate commerce was conferred.

I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.