I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

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.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

Your body is a physical representation of the cumulative effect of all the experiences you’ve had throughout your life.

If you can lead yourself when nobody is following, people will follow when you are not leading

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite 80's driven, so I was always surrounded by music growing up.

Breath of Heaven breathe on us.

As your career progresses, you hope that you get some more opportunity, or some more choice.

For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.

When you call people we you find it easy to be unfair to them, since you yourself are included in the condemnation.