If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

Beauty is a fruit which we look at without trying to seize it.

The contradictions the mind comes up against, these are the only realities, the criterion of the real. There is no contradiction in what is imaginary. Contradiction is the test of necessity.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation.

In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God.

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.