To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great 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.

The Fall will always be yours and mine…

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict.

It's not about going to a party. It's life as a party.

I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission.

Our galaxy is 10 billion years old. The Earth is only 4.5 billion years old. We are a firefly flicker in the great astrobiology of the galaxy.

It is only those who do not know how to work that do not love it. To those who do, it is better than play.

If you don't know where you come from, then you want know when you'er being taken back.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.