In the air we breathe, in the water we drink, in the earth we tread on, Life is every where. Nature lives: every pore is bursting with Life ; every death is only a new birth, every grave a cradle.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

Fall in love with a weird one - someone not quite right in the head - life is far more interesting when love is odd

Journalism is the art of coming too late as early as possible. I’ll never master that.

In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure.

Don't believe everything you see on VH1.

We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we are bound is a delusion.

As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're not there you have to produce that yourself.