It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery.
No man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
If you believe you have a voice and something to say, chances are you do, and the world needs you to do whatever you're drawn to do. So you should do it.
You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.
I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.
If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.