There is no more light in a genius than in any other honest man - but he has a particular kind of lens to concentrate this light into a burning point.

When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have always known.

Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person.

If your presence doesn't work, neither will your word.

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.

Discipline enables you to think first and act second.

My gigs are built on improvisation: I go out there and I'm like the Energizer bunny.

Love is the feeling we get when we recognize the positive attributes in another.

In my experience when I do try to avoid something, it makes its way into the work anyway. To be in front of it and just make friends with it is easier for me.

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.

I've crippled more people than polio.

The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.