Human life must be some form of mistake.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Psychosis is a very Western phenomena.

Even on the worst days I am without a doubt still happier doing this than I am doing anything else. On acting.

There's nothing wrong with the fashion industry. What's wrong is changing yourself for something you don't really care about just to get somewhere faster.

The world turns softly / Not to spill its lakes and rivers.

The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.

I'm not invincible. I'm no Serena Williams.

We can't test these absolute limits on humans. We can't blast them with sound. However, we can do that to animals because they don't have the same political base that we do.

Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam

Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals.

Art means: revealing God in everything that exists.