We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

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.

In times of failure you are alone. But success brings many friends.

Did she want him as badly as he wanted her? Did she realize he was slowly going insane for wanting her?

As I usually do when I want to get rid of someone whose conversation bores me, I pretended to agree.

Always keep in mind that even your most dreadful expectations, are still nothing more than mere assumptions

Invalid food choices lead to invalid people.

Pakistani feature films are all about catering to the male ego and male fantasy.

I feel very accomplished. It makes me feel great to know that I am impacting lives and of service to the world.

You plant, then you cultivate, and finally you harvest. Plant, cultivate, harvest. In today's world, everyone wants to go directly from plant to harvest.

The more we pray, the more we sense our need to pray. And the more we sense a need to pray, the more we want to pray.

I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.