We should comport ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages - stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.

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 try to be just a success

The beauty of life is sharing life.

Let us choose life and love, and happily use our selves up in loving service to one another.

Winning is only important in war and surgery.

Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished.

I have lots of support on Twitter and I think it's great.

Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask yourself.

Nobody needs a mink coat but the mink.

When one...consciously and determinedly directs his thoughts, controls his acts, and tries to feel and constantly express his love, he becomes a person of love.

Love the vocal on Lightning. Overall great EP. We Sink is a favorite as well.