Rene Descartes

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.