Almost any sect$$$ cult$$$ or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

In classical physics$$$ science started from the belief--or should one say$$$ from the illusion?--that we could describe the world$$$ or at least parts of the world$$$ without any reference to ourselves.

Women are amazing creatures -- sweet$$$ soft$$$ gentle$$$ and far more savage than we are.

Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown we may hope to understand$$$ but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word 'understanding'.

If a man can keep alert and imaginative$$$ an error is a possibility$$$ a chance at something new; to him$$$ wandering and wondering are part of the same process$$$ and he is most mistaken$$$ most in error$$$ whenever he quits exploring.

Memory is each man's own last measure$$$ and for some$$$ the only achievement.

All I know is a door into the dark.

The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces$$$ although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.

Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?