A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.

Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

For the purpose of acquiring gain, everything else is pushed aside or thrown overboard, for example, as is philosophy by the professors of philosophy.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato.