Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.

Every man looks out for himself, and he has the happiest life who manages to hoodwink himself best of all.

Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.

Let it not be a beautiful face,' I thought, 'but to make up for that, let it be a noble, an expressive, and, above all, an extremely intelligent one.

Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth.

Although your mind works, your heart is darkened with depravity; and without a pure heart there can be no complete and true consciousness

If you can put the question, 'Am I or am I not responsible for my acts?' then you are responsible.