Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it. - Eric Hoffer
Man invents war. Man discovers peace. He invents war from without. He discovers peace from within. War man throws. Peace man sows. The smile of war is the flood of human blood. The smile of peace is the love, below, above. - Sri Chinmoy
A true business opportunity is the on that an entrepreneur invents to grow him or herself. Not to work in, but to work on. - Michael E. Gerber
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. - Mark Twain
True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. - Victor Cousin
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some. - Jose Marti
A detective digs around in the garbage of people's lives. A novelist invents people and then digs around in their garbage. - Joe Gores