First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

God: personified incomprehensibility.

Everyone should study at least enough philosophy and belles-lettres to make his sexual experience more delectable.

Man…who lives in three places – in the past, in the present, and in the future – can be unhappy if one of these three is worthless. Religion has even added a fourth – eternity.

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.