If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.

God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.

What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.

Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period.

When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.