The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning.

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.

The Universe, wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator.

Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through its excessive quantity.

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.

Mathematics is written for mathematicians.

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

A kiss….….. is just a kiss….Until it’s all you reminisce.(Then the memory becomes your most treasured possession.)

We don't lose people, they just slip down like sand through the loop holes we have in ourselves.

Females and boys are the only creatures that propose others for friendship. As for the rest of us, friendship sort of just happens.

I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.

I do not sleep, but it's totally fine, because I love what I do.

There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if unchecked by the deep-seated habit of direct fellow-feeling with individual fellow-men.

If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.

Then when I cut my hair short, my career tanked for about four years!

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.