The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs.

Every man who has declared that some other man is an ass or a scoundrel, gets angry when the other man conclusively shows that the assertion was erroneous.

Every true faith is infallible. It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth. Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search.

If an architect wants to strengthen a decrepit arch, he increases the load laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together.

We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us.

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.

How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.