There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being.

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

Life is neither to be wept over nor to be laughed at but to be understood.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Marrying means doing whatever possible to become repulsed of each other

It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.

Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?