Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.
My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.
It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort. . . only to find a big bear hug coming his way.
Thoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe.
The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.
Society tells me to follow my own truth, but I don't let society tell me what to do. If you need someone to tell you that, chances are you're part of the crowd that will move on to the next fashion that comes around.
When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.
I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant swordsman? It seems rather otherworldly in more ways than one.
A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.
We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.
With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing.
The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put my trust in the lunatic. He is the one least concerned of what I think of him, the mark of an honest man. I can always depend on him to be completely honest in what he thinks and feels, about anything, no matter the consequences laid before him, however with no course of rationale, I cannot necessarily take his word for even the well-being of him in his own reality.
Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.
It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias
The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.
Creativity is the highest form of intelligence. Over time, after developing a more advanced creative brain, I started feeling that my college education was more so something to be ashamed of rather than something to be proud of.
I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.
A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them.