“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

Nothing is made from nothing.

To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

To live well is to live concealed.

It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable

The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.

The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.

For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.

At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.

To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.

Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.

Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

1 billion of excess cash flow coverage through 2017 and the Access cash flows, along with our major new fee based projects continue to dramatically reduce exposure to commodity prices.

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.

I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented.

I just don’t think that everybody is disciplined. I think that’s a rare commodity.

Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!

“Global culture” is of course not a culture: it’s the global marketing and imposing of commodities and images for the interests of the few at the expense of the many.

Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity.

Gold is the most precious of all commodities.