How did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at it as at a riddle.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

'He who seeks may easily get lost himself. It is a crime to go apart and be alone.' Thus speaks the herd.

If the all powerful god controls satan he is an accomplice, and if he doesn't, he is not an all powerful god.

One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves--from "justifying" ourselves.