The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

One feels the insignificance of the individual, and it makes one happy.

I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His nonexistence could excuse Him.

It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry.

Compound interest on debt was the banker's greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society.

Every reminiscence is colored by the way things are today, and therefore by a delusive point of view.

A forced faithfulness is a bitter fruit for all concerned.