How frail the human heart must be

 — a mirrored pool of thought.

Do not go gentle 

into that good night 

but rage, rage 

against the dying of the light.

The role of anxiety in the development of human personality is central, 

and it is intricate beyond our understanding.

Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. 

All wisdom is in our stories and songs. 

A story is how we construct our experiences.

Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts 

in a conscious, disciplined way 

might help one to do science better.

We carry within us 

the wonders we seek without us.

In all life 

one should comfort the afflicted, 

but verily, also, 

one should afflict the comfortable, 

and especially when 

they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Listen; 

there's a hell of a good universe next door: 

let's go.

One's life has many compartments.

The range of what we think and do 

is limited by what we fail to notice. 

And because we fail to notice 

that we fail to notice, 

there is little we can do to change; 

until we notice 

how failing to notice 

shapes our thoughts and deeds.

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. 

Physics concerns what we say about Nature.

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences 

seen to be paying their way.

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation 

that we induce in individuals 

by subjecting them to too much change 

in too short a time.

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely 

is made for the eye of one who sees.

Good actions ennoble us, 

and we are the sons of our deeds.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

Man is not the lord of beings. 

Man is the shepherd of Being.

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, 

we have used them again 

because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back 

to express basic psychological ideas.

Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, 

but now and again 

by some grace 

something stands out 

and invites you to work on it, 

to elaborate it 

or animate it in some way. 

It's a mysterious process.

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

I am optimistic 

when I consider the spiritual dimension 

which the scientist's discipline 

forces him to ignore.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

The greatest writers of this age ... 

are aware of the mystery of our existence.

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

My personal hobbies are reading, 

listening to music, 

and silence.

When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, 

the culture has to protect itself.

We carry our homes within us 

which enables us to fly.

On our plane 

knowledge and ignorance 

are the immemorial adversaries.

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, 

before the dark hour of reason grows.

None are more hopelessly enslaved 

than those who falsely believe they are free.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness 

and just be happy.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom.

Toil without song 

is like 

a weary journey 

without an end.

He who would search for pearls 

must dive below.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, 

then you've still got a soul left to lose.

It is easy to ignore responsibility 

when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; 

time may heal the anguish of the wound, 

but the loss cannot be repaired.

They say eyes clear with age.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

In the long years 

liker they must grow; 

The man be more of woman, 

she of man.

Man has no right to kill his brother. 

It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: 

he only adds the infamy of servitude 

to the crime of murder.

Life is a wave, 

which in no two consecutive moments of its existence 

is composed of the same particles.

To know one thing, 

you must know the opposite.

It is impossible to speak in such a way 

that you cannot be misunderstood.

The single biggest problem in communication 

is the illusion that it has taken place.

As far as we can discern, 

the sole purpose of human existence 

is to kindle a light 

in the darkness 

of mere being.

The secret of genius 

is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, 

which means 

never losing your enthusiasm.