"We are not always what we seem, and there is a great deal of difference between what we are and what we think we are."

"The only way to gain wisdom is to make mistakes, learn from them, and move on."

"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline to the religion of solitude."

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge."

"To be a man is to suffer, to be a woman is to suffer, to be a human is to suffer."