I have not come to know atheism as a result of logical reasoning and still less as an event in my life: in me it is a matter of instinct.

In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

Crude men who feel themselves insulted tend to assess the degree of insult as high as possible, and talk about the offense in greatly exaggerated language, only so they can revel to their heart's content in the aroused feelings of hatred and revenge.

I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.

What convinces is not necessarily true-it is merely convincing: a note for asses.

Shackled heart, free spirit.--Whoever binds his heart tightly and imprisons it may indulge his spirit in many liberties: I have already said that once. But no one believes me unless he already knows.