The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.

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.

And I find myself asking again and again.... What was it about such a beautiful man, who was able to leave such ugly scars?

Piece makes Peace, Pain makes Paint, A Word create World. "The One person can change you, Maybe ubiquitous r inconspicuous.

We are all not called to be entrepreneurs but we can all be enterprising in our chosen fields

The world needs your story in order to be complete.

There is one thing about being President -- nobody can tell you when to sit down.

Let's start at 35 because I don't know where it is.

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

Remember to play after every storm.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

We can only begin to live when we conceive life as Tragedy.