We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp--since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin.

I too have been in the underworld, as was Odysseus, and I will often be there again; not only sheep have I sacrificed so as to beable to speak with a few dead souls, but neither have I spared my own blood as well.

One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

Over immense periods of time the intellect produced nothing but errors. A few of these proved to be useful and helped to preserve the species: those who hit upon or inherited these had better luck in their struggle for themselves and their progeny. Such erroneous articles of faith... include the following: that there are things, substances, bodies; that a thing is what it appears to be; that our will is free; that what is good for me is also good in itself.

Faith is the path of least resistance.

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.