Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection

There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.

It is the normal state of the human heart to try to build its identity around something besides God.

One must not think slightingly of the paradoxical…for the paradox is the source of the thinker’s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity.

To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?