Nothing comes out of nothing.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

The only person who worries about my mother is God, and that's only because she wants His job.

If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.

Miss Manners herself, while never rude, is given to pulling a fast pinch in the way of a handshake on those who believe in kissing on, not even the first date, but the first sighting.

Cindy Sheehan is a clown. There is no real antiwar movement. No serious politician, with anything to do with anything, would show his face at an antiwar rally.

The great thing about gurus is not that they make you feel everybody's love. It's that they make you feel that you can love everybody.

Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand.

Moving first is a tactic, not a goal.

How many gifts and graces You have given me! How many favors You have fed me from your hand! I look for your love in all directions, then suddenly its blessing burns in me.

I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.