Time is that by which at every moment all things become as nothing in our hands, and thereby lose all their true value.

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.

Above all else, guard your heart for it affects everything else you do.

DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.

The beauty of truth is in its simplicity.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people should have given to it.

We often make people pay dearly for what we think we give them.

The next darwin is more likely to be a data wonk than a naturalist wandering through an exotic landscape.

The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.

The first time my mom found condoms in my room, she literally started crying hysterically.

Fear invites danger; concealed cowards insult known ones.