The less we read, the more harmful it is what we read.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.

Those faults we do not have, do not bother us.

The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.