Monday 31 December 2018

Sunday 30 December 2018

Everyone has a creative impulse, 
and has the right to create, 
and should.

Saturday 29 December 2018

Friday 28 December 2018

I much prefer 
the sharpest criticism 
of a single intelligent man 
to the thoughtless approval 
of the masses.

Thursday 27 December 2018

Wednesday 26 December 2018

It is proportion that beautifies everything, 
the whole universe consists of it, 
and music is measured by it.

Tuesday 25 December 2018

Monday 24 December 2018

To have the sense of creative activity 
is the great happiness 
and the great proof of being alive.

Sunday 23 December 2018

Saturday 22 December 2018

Without deviation progress is not possible.

Friday 21 December 2018

Thursday 20 December 2018

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Wednesday 19 December 2018

Tuesday 18 December 2018

Life is made up, 
not of great sacrifices or duties, 
but of little things, 
in which smiles and kindness, 
and small obligations given habitually, 
are what preserve the heart 
and secure comfort.

Monday 17 December 2018

Sunday 16 December 2018

It is characteristic of all deep human problems 
that they are not to be approached 
without some humour 
and some bewilderment.

Saturday 15 December 2018

Friday 14 December 2018

He who will not reason, is a bigot; 
he who cannot is a fool; 
and he who dares not is a slave.

Thursday 13 December 2018

Wednesday 12 December 2018

There are two objectionable types of believers: 
those who believe the incredible 
and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded 
and replaced by 'the scientific method.

Tuesday 11 December 2018

Monday 10 December 2018

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Sunday 9 December 2018

Saturday 8 December 2018

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements 
and man is not totally at home with them.

Friday 7 December 2018

Thursday 6 December 2018

The uncertainty relation does not refer to the past; 
if the velocity of the electron is at first known 
and the position then exactly measured, 
the position for times previous to the measurement may be calculated.

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Tuesday 4 December 2018

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Monday 3 December 2018

Sunday 2 December 2018

Grown men can learn from very little children 
for the hearts of little children are pure.

Saturday 1 December 2018

Friday 30 November 2018

Literature adds to reality, 
it does not simply describe it. 
It enriches the necessary competencies 
that daily life requires and provides;

Thursday 29 November 2018

Wednesday 28 November 2018

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Tuesday 27 November 2018

Monday 26 November 2018

In the fields I know best, 
among the life sciences, 
it is required 
that the most expert and sophisticated minds 
be capable of changing course 
— often with a great lurch — 
every few years.

Sunday 25 November 2018

Saturday 24 November 2018

The world would be happier 
if men had the same capacity to be silent 
that they have to speak.

Friday 23 November 2018

Thursday 22 November 2018

Everything we see 
hides another thing, 
we always want to see 
what is hidden 
by what we see.

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Tuesday 20 November 2018

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

Monday 19 November 2018

Sunday 18 November 2018

A single idea, 
if it is right, 
saves us the labour 
of an infinity of experiences.

Saturday 17 November 2018

Friday 16 November 2018

The simplicities of natural laws arise 
through the complexities of the language we use for their expression.

Thursday 15 November 2018

Wednesday 14 November 2018

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, 
until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

Tuesday 13 November 2018

Monday 12 November 2018

Man is a microcosm, 
or a little world, 
because he is an extract 
from all the stars and planets 
of the whole firmament, 
from the earth and the elements; 
and so he is their quintessence.

Sunday 11 November 2018

Saturday 10 November 2018

The brain is like a muscle. 
When it is in use 
we feel very good. 
Understanding is joyous.

Friday 9 November 2018

Thursday 8 November 2018

Without work, 
all life goes rotten. 
But when work is soulless, 
life stifles and dies.

Wednesday 7 November 2018

Tuesday 6 November 2018

All still lifes 
are actually 
paintings of the world 
on the sixth day of creation, 
when God and the world 
were alone together, 
without man!

Monday 5 November 2018

Sunday 4 November 2018

Drawing is a way 
of coming upon the connection between things, 
just like metaphor in poetry 
reconnects what has become separated.

Saturday 3 November 2018

Friday 2 November 2018

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Thursday 1 November 2018

Wednesday 31 October 2018

The universe is built on a plan 
the profound symmetry of which 
is somehow present 
in the inner structure of our intellect.

Tuesday 30 October 2018

Monday 29 October 2018

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: 
to construct and to refrain from destruction.

Sunday 28 October 2018

Saturday 27 October 2018

There are some people 
who live in a dream world, 
and there are some 
who face reality; 
and then there are those 
who turn one into the other.

Friday 26 October 2018

Thursday 25 October 2018

Everything you can imagine is real.

Wednesday 24 October 2018

Tuesday 23 October 2018

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

Monday 22 October 2018

Sunday 21 October 2018

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Saturday 20 October 2018

Friday 19 October 2018

Think like a man of action, 
act like a man of thought.

Thursday 18 October 2018

Wednesday 17 October 2018

No better way is there 
to learn to love Nature 
than to understand Art. 
It dignifies every flower of the field.

Tuesday 16 October 2018

Monday 15 October 2018

Love is blind; 
friendship closes its eyes.

Sunday 14 October 2018

Saturday 13 October 2018

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

Friday 12 October 2018

Thursday 11 October 2018

One is and is not in the centre of the mælstrom of it all.

Wednesday 10 October 2018

Tuesday 9 October 2018

Going after the unknown 
is always fascinating, I think. 
It becomes part of your life, 
this desire to know.

Monday 8 October 2018

Sunday 7 October 2018

The home should be the treasure chest of living.

Saturday 6 October 2018

Friday 5 October 2018

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Thursday 4 October 2018

Wednesday 3 October 2018

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Tuesday 2 October 2018

Monday 1 October 2018

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Sunday 30 September 2018

Saturday 29 September 2018

That which is false troubles the heart, 
but truth brings joyous tranquillity.

Friday 28 September 2018

Thursday 27 September 2018

Truth will rise above falsehood 
as oil above water.

Wednesday 26 September 2018

Tuesday 25 September 2018

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Monday 24 September 2018