Every beloved object is the centre point of a paradise.

Information is the resolution of uncertainty.

We do not write in order to be understood; 

we write in order to understand.

Hero-worship is strongest 

where there is least regard for human freedom.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

We are, in fact, productions of this earth.

We are, as it were, its organs.

Our eyes are the eyes of this earth;

our knowledge is the earth's knowledge.

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

Language is not simply a reporting device for experience 

but a defining framework for it.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

The true function of philosophy 

is to educate us in the principles of reasoning 

and not to put an end to further reasoning 

by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

It's all in the mind, you know.

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

Ever tried. 

Ever failed. 

No matter. 

Try Again. 

Fail again. 

Fail better.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

We would be in a nasty position indeed 

if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Just living is not enough... 

one must have sunshine, 

freedom, 

and a little flower.

It is not enough to have a good mind; 

the main thing is to use it well.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, 

but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True 

only in the general character of an epoch.

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

Rejoice in the things that are present; 

all else is beyond thee.

Look deep into nature, 

and then you will understand everything better.

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, 

if it produce nothing useful to the world, 

seldom fails of entertainment to itself.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Art is the path to being spiritual.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

There can be no passion, 

and by consequence no love, 

where there is not imagination.

Reality is that which, 

when you stop believing in it, 

doesn't go away.

Sit in reverie 

and watch the changing colour of the waves 

that break upon the idle seashore 

of the mind.

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

To remember where you come from 

is part of where you're going.

The centre that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

To know that we know what we know, 

and to know that we do not know what we do not know, 

that is true knowledge.

Indeed, every true science has for its object 

the determination of certain phenomena by means of others, 

in accordance with the relations which exist between them.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

A moral being 

is one who is capable 

of reflecting on his past actions 

and their motives — 

of approving of some 

and disapproving of others.

If one knows only what one is told, 

one does not know enough 

to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

Chance alone is at the source of all novelty, all creation in the biosphere.

An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.

You only find what you are looking for, 

really, 

if the truth be known.

Observation and thinking are the two points of departure 

for all the spiritual striving of man, 

insofar as he is conscious of such striving. 

The workings of common sense, 

as well as the most complicated scientific researches, 

rest on these two fundamental pillars of our spirit.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.