A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

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.

Love is only one fine star away.

You must build your tomorrow today through visions

Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

Maturity implies otherness... The art of living is the art of living with.

How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?

If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

People hate it when you're better than them. They ain't hating, start worrying then.