Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces. Jean-Jacques RousseauI am not deep, but I am very wide. Honoré de BalzacWhat if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? Soren KierkegaardI stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing. Soren KierkegaardQuestion everything. Learn something. Answer nothing. EuripidesUnderstand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you. Robert GreeneMan is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Albert CamusBut in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. Albert CamusThe world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest HemingwayLife is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. Bertrand RussellThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar WildeI am not young enough to know everything. Oscar WildeSometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sigmund Freud Click to tweetYour very silence shows you agree. EuripidesAll great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard ShawSome people are more certain of everything than I am of nothing. Robert RubinAny man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. Albert EinsteinIt isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. Muhammad AliI became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe Click to tweetI have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it. Edgar Allan PoeIf you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. Edgar Allan PoeI wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. Edgar Allan PoeI do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. Nikola TeslaThe last 29 days of the month are the toughest! Nikola TeslaIt has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand RussellA bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station… William FaulknerDid you ever stop to think, and then forget to start again? Winnie The Pooh Click to tweetPeople say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. Winnie The PoohThey’re funny things, accidents. You never have them till you’re having them. Winnie The PoohWe’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all. Andrew, The Breakfast ClubWomen are meant to be loved, not to be understood. Oscar WildeMorality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. Oscar WildeWhen reason fails, the devil helps! Fyodor DostoyevskyEducation: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Mark TwainOut of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Mark TwainAre you afraid of the good you might do? Victor Hugo Click to tweetThe present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. Nikola TeslaFull well do I know that in order to attain any definite goal, it is imperative that one person should do the thinking and commanding. Albert EinsteinLearn to judge your moves by their long-term effects on people. Robert GreeneLook for the thing you notice but no one else notices. Rick RubinI’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad. Elon MuskThe fears we don’t face become our limits. Jim KwikWhat is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. Bertrand RussellYou can tell a pioneer by the arrows in his back. Beverly RubikFirst, see clearly. Next, act correctly. Finally, endure and accept the world as it is. Ryan HolidayA poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. Criss JamiThe harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. Criss JamiYou are judges in this world by how well you bring things to an end. A messy or incomplete conclusion can reverberate for years to come. Robert GreeneMusic expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. Victor HugoIt was scary at first, but every great thing starts out a little scary, doesn’t it?” UnknownA thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Henrik IbsenThose who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan PoeThe spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. Nikola TeslaHave a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. Charles DickensArm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable. EuripidesAn idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. Oscar WildeIf anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. Soren KierkegaardHe who despairs is wrong. Victor Hugo Click to tweetThe best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more. Charlie MungerDon’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William FaulknerGet it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything good. William FaulknerChampions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. Muhammad AliThe most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. Gustave FlaubertI believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Gustave FlaubertPower is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Honoré de BalzacIf you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart. RumiPatience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe. RumiCome, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart! RumiTo go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s. Fyodor DostoyevskyIf you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself. Fyodor DostoyevskyPoetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. Edgar Allan PoeIf you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. Nikola TeslaBe alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. Nikola TeslaThe soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAlways go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth. Albert Camus