Ideas are transplanted by splitting, thoughts by sprouting.

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

Every time I see you, I have to admit that rest of us are more uglier than I thought.

I swear to God, if GreatReads doesn't stop sending me these notification emails...how many times do I have to turn them off?

Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.

Kant thinks we can show that there is no contradiction in supposing we are free.

The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God.

Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in and starts connecting our anger with past events.

I think Rihanna always looks so fresh and I'm like, "How do you do that? We all know how much pot you smoke!"

I gotta die with money cuz i wasn't born with it

We live in a culture where people are self-centered and careerist and everybody seems to think they have too much on their plate or they just don't have time for other people's pain.

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.