The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood; the pain is brief, the joy unending.

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.

Anything you do, do with love and enthusiasm.

Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.

If you are God’s, there is nothing impossible for you

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

If I like a food, I'll eat it, even if I know it's not good for me.

I think I am much too valuable a creature to offer myself to a German bullet gratis and for fun.

You're not a person. We take that form. We're an essence. We're an awareness of God's. We're made up of countless, countless realities.

Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.