I cannot truly imagine a truly great person who hasn't suffered.
It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.
If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.
Can a man possessing conciousness ever really respect himself?
I've always considered myself smarter than everyone around me, and sometimes, believe me, I've been ashamed of it. At the least, all my life I've looked away and never could look people straight in the eye.