We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. (Umberto Eco)

There’s a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I’m not there yet. (Randy Pausch)

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. (Carl Sagan)

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. (Ayn Rand)

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. (Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode)

We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. (Ambrose Bierce)

You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.(Napoleon Bonaparte)