Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

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.

Fate had a hand in it - luck had nothing to do with it.

We cried. The bones and dust of our fathers cried with us.

If we can increase the share of Islamic finance for the world, countries can benefit - and certainly, Malaysia can benefit from that.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

gold never comes to the dreamers - except in dreams.

People have been asking me if I was going to have kids, and I had puppies instead.

Act by inspiration, motivated by love.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

You're never going to learn everything.