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.

Whoever deliberately attempts to insure confidentiality with another person is usually in doubt as to whether he inspires that person's confidence in him. One who is sure that he inspires confidence attaches little importance to confidentiality.

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

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

The perfect woman perpetrates literature as she perpetrates a small sin: as an experiment, in passing, glancing around to see whether anybody notices--and to make sure that somebody notices.

Childhood and youth are ends in themselves, not stages.

You who hate the Jews so, why did you adopt their religion?