Let them like the Tibetans, chew the cud of their "om mane padme hum" innumerable times, or, as in Benares, count the name of the God Ram-Ram-Ram (etc. with or without charm) on their fingers; or honour Vishnu with his thousand names of invocation, Allah with his ninety-nine; or they may make use of the prayer-wheels and the rosary: the main thing is that they are settled down for a time at this work and are tolerable to look at. This kind of prayer has been invented for the benefit of the pious who have thought and elevations of their own.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life.

But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain?

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

The charm of the Platonic mode of thought ... consisted precisely in the resistance to the obvious evidence of the senses.

The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist.