To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you; no two readers can ever inhabit the same world

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.

Don't get caught staring at the moon while the sun is rising. Yesterday's problem should never become today's concern.

Do What You Love and You Will Love What You Do!

I will look the part. I will act the part. I will deliver that which I have promised to deliver.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

Sometimes in international politics, the better part of wisdom is to defer dangers rather than try to eliminate them altogether instantly.

Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.

You know what circumcision is, Private?

We ["Mary and Jane"] did not want to be a weed show, like it is a bunch of people sitting around smoking.

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.