Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.

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.

Change the life is difficult but not impossible, Just we need to take a step forward and that is only the difficulty

My zeal hath consumed me.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

Truths may clash without contradicting each other.

Paris is the café of Europe.

A leader has to show the face his team needs to see.

We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.

The Keystone pipeline would add to our domestic supply. It would help us with energy independence.

My day shall be filled to overflowing, yet shall I not haste the day; nor shall I waste the day.