... and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

My language is the sum total of myself.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

Art symbolizes our perfect ability in the matter of enriching the reality!

when you obey the rules, the rules obey you

I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?

The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.

Marriages are made in Heaven.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

We have arguments [with my father] and we had a lot of arguments in the years when I was at Michigan.

I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

We can't worry about competition. Besides, you aren't competing with anyone but yourself. They have nothing to do with whether you make a good movie or not.

I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer.