It is through science that we prove, 

but through intuition that we discover.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

Life is so unlike theory.

A writer should have 

the precision of a poet 

and the imagination of a scientist.

If I could 

I would always work 

in silence and obscurity, 

and let my efforts be known 

by their results.

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, 

it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.

Of the things which nourish the imagination, 

humour is one of the most needful, 

and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life 

that the most likely way
to reach a goal 

is to be aiming 

not at that goal itself 

but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.

If poetry and the arts do anything, 

they can fortify your inner life, 

your inwardness.

Books let us into their souls 

and lay open to us 

the secrets of our own.

There are moments of existence 

when time and space are more profound, 

and the awareness of existence 

is immensely heightened.

If you think you're free, 

there's no escape possible.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, 

and dependence of one fact upon another.

Where words fail, 

music speaks.

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, 

we ought to follow what is most probable.