“It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.”

Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.

Nature is written in mathematical language.

Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.

God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.

The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.

I do believe in encouraging a person to compete with herself… at Mary Kay Cosmetics, we’ve made that philosophy a company policy.

I think I’m an old soul, That believes in the idea of true love and royalty, loves old songs, looks for real in the world full of pretence.

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.

I believe Bengal is a part of India.

I have come to believe that in order to thrive, a child must have at least one adult in her life who shows her unconditional love, respect, and confidence.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

I never check my bank account. I know that sounds crazy. But I don’t know how much is in there. I never know how much is in there. I have an idea – I have a bottom line – but I never look because I always make believe there’s never anything in there.

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.