Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
I’d rather be myself. Myself and nasty.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.