Take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride.

Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified.

Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.

We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.

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.