“It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain.”

Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.

The Ancients understood the omnipotence of the underside of things.

Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy.

whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.

I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nation will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity.

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

It is surmounting difficulties that make heroes.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

There is a time in every man’s life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.

When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

To philosophize means to make vivid.

Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy.

Between holding on and letting go october discerns october knows, that life lurks between the clouds of death and death breathes with every rebirth.

People have to have a desire within themselves to know who they are and the reason why they are in this body.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.