One cannot learn so well as by experiencing it oneself.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.

We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know.

The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.

Logic can take you from point A to point B. Imagination can take you wherever you want

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.