Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.

Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

I’ve become your heartbeat making you mine Upon every kiss of passion our souls shine

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

You have to believe in magic to see it.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . . This right can be denied to no independent nation.

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

Take [Stéphane] Mallarme. I hold him to be the greatest of French poets, and I have taken some time to understand him !

Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.

To see myself in everybody, and everybody in myself, most certainly is love.

Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments.