The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.

Writing [is] a form of prayer.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

In one and the same human being there are cognitions that, however utterly dissimilar they are, yet have one and the same object,so that one can only conclude that there are different subjects in one and the same human being.

I like to make use of what I know

"Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. "No, I don't," I said.