There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.

God [is] the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.

... even when we find not what we seek, we find something as well worth seeking as what we missed.

The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.

From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.

As the sun is best seen at his rising and setting, so men's native dispositions are clearest seen when they are children, and when they are dying.

Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe.

Sound consists of an undulating motion of the air.

He whose faith never doubted, may justly doubt of his faith.

I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.

A life without purpose is meaningless

It’s the great surprise of my life that I ended up loving [my father] so much.

Dear Dad, When you sent me to school that morning, I thought you loved me. But now I see you for what you are. You called me a monster and a freak. But you’re the one that raised me.

What's a bar bill but a surtax on reality?

Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.

The person and society are yoked, like mind and body. Arguing which is more important is like debating whether oxygen or hydrogen is the more essential property of water.

"Yes, but that's our strongest weak point."

Real content marketing isn’t repurposed advertising, it is making something worth talking about.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.