Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant.

We pimp our precious lives to the infernal gnashing babble - Follow me! Friend me! Like me! But don't ever know me.

In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me!

He lies right at you, you know you hate this game. He slaps you once in a while and you live and love in pain.

There are many vices which are not believed because of their magnitude.

To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.

The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence.

I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.

You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all these very prosaic places in America.

I think Donald Trump is going to surprise a lot of people.

A belief in reincarnation would at least give us some slack; we would have many lifetimes to get it right.