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.