The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.
Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.
Outer changes always begin with an inner change of attitude.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them-these are the best guides for man.
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
God always takes the simplest way.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.