Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

When a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.

Humans want peace, not war. But, sometimes war is needed to establish peace!

To keep the air fresh among words is the secret of verbal cleanliness.

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

I never pump up my vulgarity. I wait for it to arrive in its own terms.

I read; I travel; I become

I think I made a lot of sacrifices.

I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

If there is one thing I will not abide it is the folly of a willful pride.

On the basis of Lorentz's theory, if we limit ourselves to a single spectral line, it suffices to assume that each atom (or molecule) contains a single moving electron.