Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Quote by Paul Valery

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Mind Quotes, People Quotes

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern...

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern...

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in...

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...