For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it away from things here to higher things.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not ego-led – a lot of it comes from the unconscious. So if you’re always checking your email or updating your Instagram profile, you’re not just looking out the window, daydreaming. You’ve got to let the subconscious in – that’s my main message to the world.
Each small candle lights a corner of the dark.
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again.