The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

The men were wild as ourang-outans, and the women fit only to flog cattle.

[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue.