The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you