We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.

My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!

All mankind is divided, as it was at all times and is still, into slaves and freemen.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

Strong currents drag many stones and bushes along with them, strong intellects many dense and muddled minds.

If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.

Among twelve apostles there must always be one who is as hard as stone, so that the new church may be built upon him.