“The philosophers stone is just an allegory. It represents everything that man wants and can never have.”

“To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.”

“I have never wanted anyone like I want you. There’s nothing you can do wrong when just breathing makes everything right.”

“The philosopher Berkley claimed that everything in the universeexists solely as a thought in the mind of God. In response to thisSamuel Johnson is supposed to have kicked a stone and said, "I refusehim thus!" Nowhere is it written that Johnson stubbed his toe when he kickedthat stone. But he probably did and it probably hurt.”

“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.”

“Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.”