A good Moslem king was one who was strict in religion, valiant in battle, just in giving judgment among his people, but not one who had the slightest objection in international matters to removing his neighbour's landmark.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church

Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

[Paradox is] truth standing on its head to gain attention.

He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.