Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.

Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

The less we read, the more harmful it is what we read.

You learn who you are by unlearning who they taught you to be.

If you really want to change society, encourage self appreciation.

When you're too religious, you tend to point your finger to judge instead of extending your hand to help.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.

All of our panelists are deeply engaged in the topics at hand, so that leaves me free to convene a little dinner party, sans alcohol, and invite the rest of America to listen in.

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

He who knows the truth and does not speak it is a miserable coward.

We live in such a noisy world that we need to stop and just let things happen. Let it grow.

It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.