Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.