Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is read more

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not read more

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth read more

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is read more

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.