I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not rouse us with a blow to the head, then why read it?

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.

There is a goal but no way; what we call the way is mere wavering.

They were offered the choice between becoming kings or the couriers of kings. The way children would, they all wanted to be couriers. Therefore there are only couriers who hurry about the world, shouting to each other - since there are no kings - messages that have become meaningless. They would like to put an end to this miserable life of theirs but they dare not because of their oaths of service.

The founder brought the laws from the lawgiver; the faithful are meant to announce the laws to the lawgiver.

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

Adam's first domestic pet after the expulsion from Paradise was the serpent.