We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.

Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

The truth about nature we discover with our brains. The truth about religion we discover with our hearts.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.