It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

What is to give light must endure burning.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

The day of individual happiness has passed

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.