The hand is the visible part of the brain.

Even the song of birds, which we can bring under no musical rule, seems to have more freedom, and therefore more for taste, than a song of a human being which is produced in accordance with all the rules of music; for we very much sooner weary of the latter, if it is repeated often and at length. Here, however, we probably confuse our participation in the mirth of a little creature that we love, with the beauty of its song; for if this were exactly imitated by man (as sometimes the notes of the nightingale are) it would seem to our ear quite devoid of taste.

For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.

THERE ARE TWO THINGS that don't have to mean anything, one is music and the other is laughter.

Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.