In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on his shoulders.

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.

God wants us to believe in something bigger and better than ourselves.

The bourgeois stands like a question mark, Speechless, like the hungry cur, The ancient world stands there behind him, A mongrel dog, afraid to stir.

I prefer assonance and internal rhyme to end rhyme. I mean, the sonnet already looks like a box. Best not to get too boxed in, though.

Negative people are worse than negative occurrences. The argument is over in ten minutes - the person may hang around for years.

Charisma's good every night. Something special is always about to happen. You've got to believe it.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.

You may have a cat in the room with you without anxiety about anything except eatables. The presence of a cat is positively soothing to a student.

An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory.

I was trying to be an entrepreneur at seven years old.