The man who meditates is a depraved animal.

I hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which of you does not sometimes look back regretfully on the age when laughter was ever on the lips and the heart free of care? Why steal from the little innocents the enjoyment of a time that passes all too quickly?

To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.