Hope is the denial of reality.
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
Death is a distant rumor to the young.
Death by starvation is slow.
The dread of criticism is the death of genius.
For me they are no different, reality and dreams.
Don't let your dreams be dreams.
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
My dreams are all follies.
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
Education has for its object the formation of character.
History is a race between education and catastrophe.
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.
People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.
No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.
Hollywood was never great for children.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
