Our life is a loan received from death with sleep as the daily interest on this loan.

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.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

It is a curious thing, watching a strong man fall to pieces.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock!

I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk.

The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.

If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.