A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.

Hey," he said. "It's someday." He said the last word in Greek.

If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.

How could I not have seen this coming, when I looked into your eyes and vowed to be with you forever?

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature.

Sometimes in the news, "luck" is just a matter of "capitalizing on someone else's pain.

I don't know if I want White America to remember or fortoget that Jesus Christ was the first non-violent revolutionary.

The more famous and powerful I get the more power I have to hurt men.

The only thing Oriental about me is my face.

Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool'