Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.

Beliefs are the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without thinking were enslaved.

If the world is a game whose rules are written by the God, and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

The world is a big place and our brain is only three pounds.

I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visable.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible.