A belief is not true simply because it is useful.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Common sense is calculation applied to life.
What governs men is the fear of truth.
Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring.
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.