Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.

if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.

Look not into the sun! Even the moon is too bright for your nocturnal eyes!

I despise mystics, they fancy themselves so deep, when they aren't even superficial.

Marriage was contrived for ordinary people, for people who are capable of neither great love nor great friendship, which is to say, for most people--but also for those exceptionally rare ones who are capable of love as well as of friendship.