But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Criticize the act, not the person.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

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

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

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

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.