Each day is a little life every waking and rising a little birth every fresh morning a little youth every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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.

Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you cintribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.

To belittle, you have to be little.

When you love more than you receive, you create a positive vibe that enhances the beauty of this earth.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.

I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.