We all know the part of us that needs to be harnessed. It takes someone else to know the part of us that needs to be set free.

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

I'm good at asking questions, Marilla." "I believe you" was Marilla's emphatic comment.

Do you understand the theory of that affair? replied my father.   Not I, quoth my uncle.   Ãƒ¢Ã¢'¬Ã¢â‚¬But you have some ideas, said my father, of what you talk about.—   No more than my horse, replied my uncle Toby.

In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are capable of it.

There are dead thoughts and there are living thoughts. A dead thought has been compared to a stone which one may plant in the soil. Nothing will come out. A living thought is like a seed. In the process of thinking, an answer without a question is devoid of life. It may enter the mind; it will not penetrate the soul. It may become a part of one's knowledge; it will not come forth as a creative force.

Creative thinking is not stimulated by vicarious issues but by personal problems.

Art builds up self-knowledge, and is an excellent way of communicating the resulting fruit to other people.

The freedom to think involves the courage to stumble upon our demons.

What we see evidence for in others, we will attend to within, what others are silent about, we may stay blind to or experience only in shame.

The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives.

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.