All progress depends on the unreasonable man.
A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.
Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria
Learning is by nature curiosity. . . prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained.
The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?
It would be a sign of great simplicity to think that the world was created in six days, or indeed at all in time; [. . . ] Time is a thing posterior to the world. Therefore it would be correctly said that the world was not created in time, but that time had its existence in consequence of the world. For it is the motion of the heaven that has displayed the nature of time.
Of the women in my childhood, I retain above all the memory of their perfumes, perfumes that lingered - filling the lift with fragrance long after they had gone.
In an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the one sure source of lasting competitive advantage is knowledge.
The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.
I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.