Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.

In the last few centuries we've managed to reduce how much we kill each other, we've learned some basic lessons about public health, and life is relatively good for more people than ever before.

A lot of the art that was destroyed was painted and created by Jews. A lot of that is gone because that was degenerative art. That's what Hitler was trying to get rid of.

A fundamental understanding of the human psyche is the essential key to successful magic.

Life is not confined to a four inch screen.

....there are three prerequisites to going out into the world to walk for pleasure. One must have free time, a place to go, and a body unhindered by illness or social restraints.

To me, a spouse should be a life partner AND a business partner. Just like any good partner, her strengths must make up for my weaknesses and vice versa.

You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.

But who can count the beatings of the lonely heart?

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.