Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.

Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be read more

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

You can have anything you want in life, you just can't have everything
you want.

You can have anything you want in life, you just can't have everything
you want.

Every time I try to define a perfectly stable person, I am appalled by the dullness of that person.

Every time I try to define a perfectly stable person, I am appalled by the dullness of that person.

There's nobody "out there." It's all in here.

There's nobody "out there." It's all in here.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.