If we lacked curiosity, we should do less for the good of our neighbor. But, under the name of duty or pity, curiosity steals into the home of the unhappy and the needy. Perhaps even in the famous mother-love there is a good deal of curiosity.

You're going to women? Don't forget your whip!

What an age experiences as evil is usually an untimely reverberation echoing what was previously experienced as good--the atavismof an older ideal.

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water.

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger