The tears of anguish irritate and excite; but those of repentance are the ones that wash.

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

Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly - but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.

My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live.

To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if He did exist.

Scholasticism, a concept which does not bear criticism, is a theological concept specifically designed to sustain faith in the immortality of the soul.

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right