Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.

With God thoughts are colors, with us they are pigments-even the most abstract one may be accompanied by physical pain.

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.