I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.