For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inward current which draws us towards a thing, and also of the current which after a time draws us away from it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Be awesome! Be a book nut!

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Sometimes, when we are sad, we have to do the opposite of sad. Sometimes we have to sing.

So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it might matter if he makes it to the other side.

The market is always making mountains out of molehills and exaggerating ordinary vicissitudes into major setbacks.

If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.

I am a ceiling fan, especially during rain.

We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

The older I've gotten, I really do feel that it's a lack of trust that I see in people and that's why they don't follow their dreams - because they don't trust anything.