Effort supposes resistance.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

My language is the sum total of myself.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

When she tells you her problems she is not moaning, she trusts you.

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.

Freedom has a cost, which is borne by individuals who make bad choices, and by a society that feels obligated to help them.

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

Cubans joke and satirize everything that life gives them, and I think that's a positive characteristic.

Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world.

Everybody relates to having a dream.

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often, I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said 'cut it out'