Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.

A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos.

Speech is the best show a man puts on.

Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.

Whatever you have in mind do, for the Lord is with you.

A daughter of God knows that insecurity is not an excuse for doing evil to others, nor will God rest until caring for everyone is a lesson you learn.

The water was pure and cold and came out of the Apennines tasting like snow melted in the hands of a pretty girl.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

The best way to begin is to say: 'Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at the paintings'.

We all have need to be trained to see, and to have our eyes opened before we can take in the joy that is meant for us in this beautiful life.

It [ non-Euclidean geometry ] would be ranked among the most famous achievements of the entire [nineteenth] century, but up to 1860 the interest was rather slight.

I meddled in things that man must leave alone

I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I've worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time.

That's what I love about kids. They don't care about anything else but who you are as a person.