It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

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.

Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.

Have the courage to take off your mask and be humbled.

be-careful for what you wish for it may be seeking you as well...

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things

If you want ACTION, don’t write. Go and tell the guy what you want.

Get leave to work In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.

if you listen too hard to the technology, your ear goes deaf to its implications.

From Day One the very existence of [Camp Bravo] has been a popcorn hull in the tender gums of the hard left.

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

I tell the truth through music. Other people tend to catch on and agree with my truth and it turns out we are all really similar.