There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

Death is the destiny of every man. Why do people fight over power and material wealth.We brought nothing into the world, certainly, we will take nothing out of the world.

Don't try to be different, that's not you, but just try to be yourself & that will make all the difference.

We leave such a trail of bodies through our teens and twenties that it's hard to tell which one is us. How many versions do we abandon over the years

I think that most people who are just artists, who are getting famous, would trade a lot of their fame back for some normalcy, pretty much immediately.

Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only be their effects.

My right eye itches, some good luck is near.

I don't get inoculations or take anti-malaria tablets when I go abroad, I take the homeopathic alternative, called 'nosodes', and I'm the only one who never goes down with anything.

No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.

It was only through the years that I realized what an absolutely extraordinarily thoughtful person Dr. King was.

The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive.