The ant is a collectively intelligent and individually stupid animal; man is the opposite.

After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.

I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.

The bee's life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water

I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.

I have been a Professor Emeritus since 1958, and have continued my scientific studies.

...you listen first with the ears - then, you wait and listen for what your heart feels - then you consider what they've said - then, you reply ...

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

I don't feel I have to share everything.

The noblest works of human art and pride show that their makers were not satisfied.

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making.

Maybe I could be friends with a ghost. I wouldn’t be able to kill him.

Life doesn't work out the way we plan, but maybe it works out the way it's supposed to after all.

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994.