"Young men wish always to dream of what they have lost." "And old men?" "Of what they have not found."

Darwinism is not a sufficient condition for a phenomenon like Nazism but I think it's certainly a necessary one.

Although every novel is derived directly from another novel, there is really only one novel, the Quixote.

The desire to see and the desire to ratify what one has seen are desires at odds with one another, if only because they proceed from separate places in the imagination.

Some philosophers see into themselves, and some into their times; still others forge an alliance with the future.

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.

No man is obliged to be what he might have been.

The calculus is the story this [the Western] world first told itself as it became the modern world.

I do not know whether any of this is true. I am certain that the scientific community does not know that it is false.

Aristotelian logic is massive and marmoreal, but every monument accumulates graffiti.

In the end, every scheme and every science is justified by itself or it is not justified at all.

It was not a noisy wind but the kind that suggests something very big and thin fresh from the horror of Infinite Space.

Grumble weakens the spirit.Despair is counterproductive.Both are true toxicants in life.

So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.

A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.

Every pair of eyes facing you has probably experienced something you could not endure.

Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both.

The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings.

Christianity doesn't offer a smooth flight; it provides a safe landing. The promise of Jesus is not one of happiness, He promises righteousness.

We're all equals as men, except I'm slightly more equal because I'm still alive and you're dead.

There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals.