Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Shall I compare thee to a Shoggoth?

Truth has never been can never be contained in any one creed or system.

If we did all the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.

It's funny because it's funny.

Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.

When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.

It's quite hard to faze me. I'm fairly un-shockable.

Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice.

There's an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than.

If I were proud of anything in my life, it would be of our love. I feel we have to tell to each other as many things as we can, so we are not only lovers, but the closest of friends at the same time.