People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.

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.

I am now a faded image of my former being, I let that persona go.I like myself for who I am and I choose to be, me.

Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.

If arithmetic overflow is a fatal error, some fascist pig with a read-only mind is trying to enforce machine independence.

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it. They don't get filed away, they transform us.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position