Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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.

She marched to the door and said, "if I ever marry, Patrick O'Sullivan, I shall make sure that my mate for life is a decent woman, or even, maybe, a book.

Taxation is robbery based on monopoly of weapons

Youngsters want to change world. Elders want to enjoy their works.The entrepreneur sells anything needed by both to win their desires.

Yet in the maddening maze of things And tossed by storm and flood To one fixed trust my spirit clings I know that God is good!

I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly.

Life is short so go on and live it cause the chicks dig it.

We're all born with infinite potential and creativity. We all have it in us. Each and every one of us. That's the only truth

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.

I don't think I've actually drunk a beer for 15 years, except a few Guinnesses in Dublin, where it's the law.

I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and it weigh 10 ounces.