In infinite time, in infinite matter, in infinite space, is formed a bubble organism, and that bubble lasts a while and bursts, and that bubble is Me.

And so he who looks down at his feet will not know the truth, but he who discerns by the sun which way to go.

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.

If patriotism is good, then Christianity, which gives peace, is an idle dream, and the sooner this teaching is eradicated, the better. But if Christianity really gives peace, and if we really want peace, then patriotism is a leftover from barbarous times, which must not only not be evoked and taught, as we now do, but which must be eradicated by all means of preaching, persuasion, contempt, and ridicule. If Christianity is the truth, and if we wish to live in peace, then we must not only have no sympathy for the power of our country, but must even rejoice in its weakening and contribute to it.

It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Think: what do you work at?

Act as if you are, and you will become such.