History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.

To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.

Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."

The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.

The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.

The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery.

There are not millions of deaths. It happens millions of times that someone dies.

Focus your attention on the center of your stomach, in the area of your naval. Feel that this is an area of tremendous strength.

Life is just masturbation in a sense, mentally. What people do is they just create a world out of their self-reflection.

Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.

Every time I see niqabs, I feel very uncomfortable because it's the opposite of my idea of opened society.

You get as much out of rock & roll artistically as you put into it. There's nobody who can teach you. You're on your own and that's what I find so fascinating about it.

Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.

My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out.

I think my life in general, like that of any human being, has highs and lows, has moments of great light and moments of great darkness.