Not nature, but the "genius of mankind," has knotted the hangman's noose with which it can execute itself at any moment.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

This is one of the gravest crises Europe has ever experienced... An agreement failed because of the completely stubborn attitudes of the UK and the Netherlands.

In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.

Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence.

I also couldn't pass up the opportunity to be in the same movie as Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close.

Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company.

If self is a location, so is love.

I don't take myself very seriously. I like to make people laugh. You know, it's like, if a woman can't be happy for another woman's work, they have to go work on that.

Although I know it's unfair, I reveal myself one mask at a time.

They did that little thing on South Park, and they mentioned my name and had a character of me judging a Halloween contest. It was really funny. That made me the coolest aunt on earth.