Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.

Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

I advise the young to tell themselves constantly that most often it is up to them alone.

Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.

Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.

If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the bird; for the attribute of man on the earth, at least as long as he does not better understand his role, is to worry and frighten what he is not interested in taming for utilitarian purposes. Man is skillful in mistreating everything he can use