“It is not in the shallow physical imitation of men that women will assert first their equality and later their superiority, but in the awakening of the intellect of women.”

The entire Earth will be converted into a huge brain.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine

What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.

Most certainly, some planets are not inhabited, but others are, and among these there must exist life under all conditions and phases of development.

Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.

As I review the events of my past life I realize how subtle are the influences that shape our destinies.

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.

When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.

The future will show whether my foresight is as accurate now as it has proved heretofore.

Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.

There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli.

We should begin at the very root from which we spring, we should effect a radical reform in the character of the food.

The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

The progressive development of man [has as its] ultimate purpose the complete mastery of mind over the material world.

Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening

Union of hearts, not hands, does a marriage make, and sympathy of mind keeps love awake.

Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?

All the senses awaken and fall into harmony in poetic reverie. Poetic reverie listens to this polyphony of the senses, and the poetic consciousness must record it.

I remember that I’m invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.