Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way.

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.

I could only defend myself so much. It was my word against his. There was no evidence, nor was there any proof. My word meant very little.

I’ll never let go of you again, ” she whispered. “I swear it.

Politicians need a film appreciation course.

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.

Species evolve to meet the environment. An intelligent species changes the environment to suit itself. As soon as a species becomes intelligent, it should stop evolving.

The only philosophy is that of language, the only religion is that of the word.

To find a form that accommodates the shape of the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

Audacious faith is the raw material that authentic Christianity is made of. It's the stuff that triggers ordinarily level-headed people like you and me to start living with unusual boldness.

To know and not to act is not to know.