All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them.

There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

Something cannot emerge from nothing.

If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.

Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.