We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

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.

We do not arrive at Love by ourselves. It is through each other that we learn to love ourselves

She is his word his love she brings the blood back to his lips.

Man unlike the animal has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.

You're always first when no one's on your side.

TV is definitely easier hours.

Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.

Well o' course she's feelin' dandy! She's the mother o' God for the love o' Pete!

Be as useful as a tree! Give life to others; be shelter to everyone; grant fruits to all! Be good like a tree!

I think anonymity on the internet has to go away.

I'm kind of a nerd, so whenever I get a chance to talk to an artist I really admire, I tend to gravitate to process.