First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.

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.

Love could never be forever only for a lifetime, only God can love eternally.

The best advice anyone has ever given me, was to never take advice from anyone.

We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am.

Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.

I actually lost 90 pounds over the course of 15 months in order to save money on life insurance.

I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12.

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.

Once you learn to do something consciously, you can move it into the subconscious and do it well. Everything you do well will be done subconsciously.