At bottom, every state regards another as a gang of robbers who will fall upon it as soon as there is an opportunity.

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.

Science is a proven concept with standards. Wisdom is the knowledge of life that we learn by living it.

Every failure was a stepping stone towards a greater success.

Think you can and you can do it.Your thoughts are your life.

I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them.

I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.

Flexibility is the key to stability.

There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.