The insufferable arrogance of human beings 

to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, 

as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire 

merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Treat all men alike. 

Give them the same law. 

Give them an even chance to live and grow.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful 

as an idea whose time has come.

I count religion but a childish toy, 

and hold there is no sin but ignorance.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

If the freedom of speech is taken away 

then dumb and silent we may be led,

 like sheep to the slaughter.

Good can imagine Evil; 

but Evil cannot imagine Good.

In scientific subjects, 

the natural remedy for dogmatism 

has been found in research.

The real cause of personal existence 

is not the favour of the Almighty, 

but the sexual love of one's earthly parents.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

I would say that all traditional philosophies 

up to and including Marxism 

have tried to derive the 'ought' from the 'is.' 

My point of view is that this is impossible; 

this is a farce.

Endurance is nobler than strength, 

and patience than beauty.

When truth is no longer free, 

freedom is no longer real

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems.

Poetry, 

even when apparently most fantastic, 

is always a revolt against artifice, 

a revolt, 

in a sense, 

against actuality.

To grow mature is 

to separate more distinctly, 

to connect more closely.

Just as people behave to me, 

so do I behave to them.

Always speak the truth, 

think before you speak, 

and write it down afterwards.

It is not enough to know your craft — 

you have to have feeling. 

Science is all very well, 

but for us imagination is worth far more.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, 

those who cannot, are fools, 

and those who dare not, are slaves.

Read not to contradict and confute, 

nor to believe and take for granted... 

but to weigh and consider.

Tell me and I forget. 

Teach me and I remember. 

Involve me and I learn.

When you realise the value of all life, 

you dwell less on what is past 

and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

The knowledge from an enlightened person 

breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

The world is the great gymnasium 

where we come to make ourselves strong.

Individuality is founded in feeling; 

and the recesses of feeling, 

the darker, blinder strata of character, 

are the only places in the world 

in which we catch real fact in the making, 

and directly perceive how events happen, 

and how work is actually done.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. 

You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.

No sensible decision can be made any longer 

without taking into account 

not only the world as it is, 

but the world as it will be.

The moral world 

is as little exempt as 

the physical world 

from the law of ceaseless change, 

of perpetual flux.

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision 

which is characteristic of extreme youth 

when all the world is new to it.

He wrapped himself in quotations — 

as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, 

and words that burn.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, 

but not the madness of people.

Inspiration is an awakening, 

a quickening of all man's faculties, 

and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

The barriers are not erected 

which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 

'Thus far and no farther.'

The truth is cruel, 

but it can be loved, 

and it makes free 

those who have loved it.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Time is a great teacher, 

but unfortunately 

it kills all its pupils.

Find ecstasy in life; 

the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Mathematical science shows what is. 

It is the language of unseen relations between things. 

But to use and apply that language, 

we must be able fully to appreciate, 

to feel, 

to seize the unseen, 

the unconscious.

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, 

to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing 

and the vision peculiar to each artist.

Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, 

I could see it all again 

and feel the meaning with a part of me 

like a strange power glowing in my body; 

but when the part of me that talks 

would try to make words for the meaning, 

it would be like fog 

and get away from me.

Do the things you know, 

and you shall learn the truth you need to know.