Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
To me, a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Helen Keller
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning, after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
John Steinbeck
Man is a credulous animal and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell
I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you.
William Shatner
Beauty is an ecstasy, it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it, and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Confucius
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
H. L. Mencken
