If you want to change the future, start living as if you're already there.

The test of a student is not how much he knows, but how much he wants to know.

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

Wisdom lies in correctly discerning where we are free to mold reality to our desires and where we must accept the unaltered with tranquility.

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.

The greatest sign of an ill-regulated mind is to believe things because you wish them to be so.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory.

The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control.

The world is rudderless.

It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.

Writing is nature's way of telling us how lousy our thinking is.

Not all writing is worth reading. Just because someone can put words on a page doesn’t mean they are worth reading or add value.

He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know.

A republic requires citizens; entertainment requires only an audience.

Kad bi ljudi znali koliko malo pameti upravlja svetom, umrli bi od straha.

Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and all personal relationships.

The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.

I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it.

The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.

From my point of view, patriotism is primarily not the sense of pride for your your country, but a burning sense of shame for the crimes that are being committed on behalf of your country, my country.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.