It's goodbye to reality when love sets in.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity.

I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.

Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics.

The law can be an instrument of equalization only as it takes from some persons and gives to other persons. When the law does this, it is an instrument of plunder.

Chess, like mathematics and music, is a nursery for child prodigies.

Americans continue to rapidly homogenize ourselves into a neutered oblivion. For a country founded on the protection of the unique, we relish our sameness.

Fortunately, when we have all our marbles, we can shift our memories very quickly.

Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.

How much pleasure can you stand?

I always have applesauce in my fridge, and when traveling I take protein bars just in case I get hungry. They're my go-to snack.