Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.

Life is not about negative circumstances that happen to you, it's about what you do with the golden opportunities hidden within!

In the chain of events, it is arbitrary to be sentimental about the passing of any one link.

No teas come, only memories. Memories and regrets.

Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?

My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.

I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to sell my wares or die - I've always been protected from that.

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us.

I want to be the person whose art is accessible, who someone could look at and say "That's doesn't look so hard, I could do that."

If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.