“Laughter appears to stand in need of an echo, Listen to it carefully: it is not an articulate, clear, well-defined sound; it is something which would fain be prolonged by reverberating from one to another.”

The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.

Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

I believe I experience creativity at every moment of my life.

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

It is the very essence of intelligence to coordinate means with a view to a remote end, and to undertake what it does not feel absolutely sure of carrying out.

Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

To drive out the darkness, bring in the light.

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis.

The motive power of democracy is love.

It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.

The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.

Intuition is a method of feeling one’s way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it.

I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don’t dislike it.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.

Donald Trump can’t come up with a hairstyle that looks human, how can he come up with a plan to defeat ISIS.

I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.

My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body. I want women to know that it’s ok. That you can be whatever size you are and be beautiful inside and out.

If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

Unless you’re willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.