Apart from man, no being wonders at its own experience.

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.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Maybe having to pretend to be in love with someone and then jump into bed with them breaks the ice very quickly friendship follows fast.

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

Now the industry is looking at the change in a very real way - to find ways of talking to the consumer much faster. Everything we have is changing with communication - from fashion to newspapers.

I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.

We are beginning to see the benefits of globalconsolidation.

I always loved celluloid cameras in the early days that were sturdy and reliable. Even under tropical conditions and downpour of rain, it would still work.

Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.