There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

When one rows it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a demon to move the ship.

Those that achieve anything that looks beyond the vision and thinking of their peers provoke jealousy and hatred disguised as the ordinary.

Is it not better to fall into the hands of a murderer, than into the dreams of a lustful woman?

Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!

Wherever progress is to ensue, deviating natures are of greatest importance.

The flame is not as bright to itself as it is to those it illuminates: so too the sage.