Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

When there is alignment and understanding, it is much easier to navigate forward together, moving in and out of agreement.

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

Affection is the most important thing. And the quality of affection - with your friends, your lovers, your family. But particularly for your own generation.

There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead.

With dogs, you don't need gurus. Dogs are forever in the moment. They are always a tidal wave of feelings, and every feeling is some variant of love.

A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.

Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.

The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me.