The theory that thought is merely a movement in the brain is, in my opinion, nonsense; for if so, that theory itself would be merely a movement, an event among atoms, which may have speed and direction but of which it would be meaningless to use the words 'true' or 'false'.

You can't really study people; you can only get to know them.

If the world is meaningless, then so are we; if we mean something, we do not mean alone.

Men propound mathematical theorems in besieged cities, conduct metaphysical arguments in condemned cells, make jokes on the scaffold, discuss a new poem while advancing to the walls of Quebec, and comb their hair at Thermopylae. This is not panache; it is our nature.

Everything that is not eternal is worthless in eternity.

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot come.