The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

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.

For a moment, blake said nothing. After chewing on her venom for a moment, he shrugged. "I would rather hate you for who I am than love me for who I am not

A lot of people reject the idea of God as Father if they've had a competitive relationship with their own father.

The way to bring out the best in the British people is to attack them.

If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.

And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy.

Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture.

I decided a long time ago I didn't want to be a star personality and live my life out in public. I don't think it's a good idea to wave personality about like a flag and become labeled.

We expected anyway that the democratic forces which have agreed with us in Zimbabwe would have rallied behind us. But it was a difficult struggle.

I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.

We want to shut down the day laborer site. This day laborer site undermines and violates federal immigration law, and it can't go forward.