National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

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.

Vaccines are the tugboats of preventive health.

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!

It has been sagaciously conjectured, that the artful legislator indulged the stubborn prejudices of his countrymen.

Booze is flowing all unknowing; grandma downs a few, smiles and giggles happily enjoying her new brew.

Your level of performance matches your dominant self image.

We're waiting for a glance or a word, some acknowledgement that we are here.

Being a female hard rocker and guitar player, I felt the need to put out a memoir. Almost like a rock 'n' roll women manual for women.

The life of a citizen is the property of his country.

To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.