An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

Keep your mindset strong, your heart pure, your intentions kind and your dreams big.

Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.

Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge.

Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.

The gospel always comes to people in cultural robes. There is no such thing as a ‘pure’ gospel, isolated from culture

You have the ability to quickly change your patterns of thought, and eventually... your life experience.

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Early on, people invested in me because of my letters and then, somehow, after they invested, they stopped reading them.

The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again.

Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.