If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.

Vanity is but the surface.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

I am sure there’s going to be times when I do things wrong that no one’s going to like and everyone’s going to think I’m terrible and rubbish but I know I’m going to go through those times, and it’s just about understanding that that’s going to happen.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Intuition and concepts constitute… the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

If we are to be happy, we must first react against our tendency to follow the line of least resistance, a tendency that causes us either to remain as we are, or to look primarily to activities external to ourselves for what will provide new impetus to our lives.

Nothing cannot exist forever.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

The true identity theft is not financial. It’s not in cyberspace. It’s spiritual. It’s been taken.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

I’ve always been really, really aware of my insecurities – really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life… I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

I’m inconsistent, even to myself.

There is no wealth but life.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor unequal, nor have any certain proportion one to another, and therefore, the principle that all infinites are equal is a precarious one.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man’s inability to sit still in a room.

Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.

The game is changing with songs like ‚Earned It‘ as opposed to it changing me.

There is nothing permanent except change.

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.

I’m super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I’m critical of other people, too – I try not to be, though.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th‘ observer’s sake.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

The self is hateful.

First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.