Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.

Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?

In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.

We don't understand that life is heaven, for we have only to understand that and it will at once be fulfilled in all its beauty, we shall embrace each other and weep.

Let us not forget that the reasons for human actions are usually incalculably more complex and diverse than we tend to explain them later, and are seldom clearly manifest.

I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.