In reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another's thoughts.

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.

The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal is the present incarnate.

Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.

The truth can wait, for it lives a long life.

Hence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it is bankrupt in thought. Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots!