In all institutions from which the cold wind of open criticism is excluded, an innocent corruption begins to grow like a mushroom - for example, in senates and learned societies

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

Whatever the goal, small, daily investments can bring big results.

I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.

I think it's fair to say that, yeah, I'm playing Doctor Strange, I get there.

On Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only one led to high intelligence ; this makes me believe its utter improbablity.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

We didn't know until really quite late in the piece how Joel [Wyman] would finish it off.

In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers