An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.