"Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another."
"Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side."
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."
"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection"