Whoever is related to me in the height of his aspirations will experience veritable ecstasies of learning; for I come from heights that no bird ever reached in its flight, I know abysses into which no foot ever strayed.

It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts.

In the whole of the New Testament there is not one joke, that fact alone would invalidate any book.

If you look long enough into the void, the void begins to look back through you.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.