Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.

Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.

Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.

The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body.

No one nor anything can silence me.

There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.

Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).

If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by the law of periodicity.

I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

Nothing good stands without the right attitude. You may know how to do it, but if the attitude is negative, all you can say is “I could have done it”.

Often I'd take out my magnifying glass and stare into the chaos that was her face.

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

I'm of the glamorous ladies At whose beckoning history shook. But you are a man, and see only my pan, So I stay at home with a book.

Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.

Everyman and every living being have the same birth day: The birthday of the universe is our real birthday!

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.