The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

The altruism of foresters can serve as a motto for humanity in general: "We reap what we have not sown. We sow what we do not reap."

To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, one must be sure.

Civilization is the art of creating useless needs.

Dieu, c'est le voile mystérieux sous lequel nous cachons notre ignorance de la cause première. God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.

La vérité est sur une courbe dont notre ésprit suit éternellement l'asymptote. Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

Truth is different from error in two respects: it is a little harder to prove and more difficult to admit.

God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.

What are we doing down here? We prepare the blossoms of tomorrow. We all manure future humanity.

Pour réussir dans la science, il faut douter; pour réussir dans la vie, il faut être sûr. To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, one must be sure.

Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

How does one craft happiness out of something as important, as complicated, as unrepeatable and as easily damaged as life?

Women instinctually know how to nourish each other, and just being with each other is restorative

Work is the greatest thing in the world. So we should save some of it for tomorrow.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Today is a reality, tomorrow's a promise, and yesterday's history!

What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected and baffling and surprising.

I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.

To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.

Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me.