For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than th eincreasing discovery of my own ignorance

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

You are only limited by your own imagination

You struggle alone. But rejoice in success with many.

I find some unity with Ron Paul.

I'm not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they'll ask for it.

The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.

These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator.

My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I'm a big gumbo guy. I've lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say 'gumbo,' I feel like someone who's never said the word before.

I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real.

Every journey begins with a single step.

I wouldn't say I let myself down, just sometimes it doesn't go your way.