All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?

Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.

We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.

Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

Δύο υπερβολές : ν' αποκλείουμε το Λόγο, και να μη δεχόμαστε παρά μόνο το Λόγο.

There are three sources of belief: reason, custom, inspiration.

As he walked, he felt the darkness behind him, following him. He swore he heard it whisper, “Run!

Psychologists maintain that the dizzying feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to - at best - three years.

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.

Service to many leads to greatness-great respect, great satisfaction. Success is not having to wait until someone goes to Hong Kong before you get a camera.

I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about me.

It's not hard being great occasionally. It's difficult to be good consistently.

the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat