Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.

Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.

Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.

No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain

Early Chinese thinkers had taken variety at face value. They had favored diversification and collected anomalies instead of trying to explain them away.

Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for granted without having ever examined it.

Ultimate Reality, if such an entity can be postulated, is ineffable.

Don't talk, just listen, and feel with all your heart.

I feel part of the environment, not separate from it, as though I’m at home rather than visiting—as though I’m tapped into some eternal omnipresence beyond the transient physical forms.

People like to think of themselves as purists, but there is no such thing as purity, when there exists so much contact.

It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars.

Laughter not only makes the journey endurable and even enjoyable, it also helps keep us healthy.... Be like a child: learn to laugh more!

Old clothes do not make a tortured artist.

Wool, cotton, and the odd bits of silk and cashmere are the only acceptable materials for Prep clothes. They look better. They require professional maintenance. They are more expensive.

I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.

I joke that a person of color would never make a movie like “Midnight in Paris.” Nostalgia isn’t so enticing.

I can still improve a lot, but there is definitely a limit to what the human body can do.