Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

At present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inward current which draws us towards a thing, and also of the current which after a time draws us away from it.

Christians call it faith ... I call it the herd.