... that maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything!

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.

A fish does not campaign against fisheries-it only tries to slip through the mesh.

The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.

... but food eaten quickly isn't food.

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart...