Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.

It's hard loving those who don't much like themselves: "If you're so great, why would you think I'm so great.

Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

The most unbearable thing about many successful people is not - as we flatteringly think - how lazy they are, but how hard they work.

The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.