People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

I hear my silence talked of in every lane

Science, you don't know, looks like magic.

When we all pass from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have is his own story to tell.

When you loose your power to laugh, you loose your power to think straight.

The externals are simply so many props everything we need is within us.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has traveled farther than most families go on their annual vacations.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

My earliest memories are the best. I always try to remember the good times when Daddy was alive.

I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me.