“Nature is written in mathematical language.”

The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.

You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.

See now the power of truth.

In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.

Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?

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

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.

The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

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

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

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.

Entering the game, as it were, whether of belonging to a nation or of using a language.

Become fluent in the language of letting go. Learn to give people up before they hurt you beyond repair.

It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.

What I mean is that what composes an event is always extracted from a situation, always related back to a singular multiplicity, to its state, to the language that is connected to it, etc.

I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.

Man does not exist prior to language, either as a species or as an individual.

We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.