Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
—Lucretius, c. 58 BCQuotes
Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.
—Derek Walcott, 1986There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.
—Edward Bellamy, 1888Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Saint Augustine, c. 400Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
—Woody Allen, 1979To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
—Albert Camus, 1951The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.
—William Shakespeare, 1592Egypt was the mother of magicians.
—Clement of Alexandria, c. 200There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
—John Locke, 1689Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.
—Demosthenes, 349 BCAll things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
—Plotinus, c. 255