What can I hope when all is right?
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
To hold a pen is to be at war.
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.
Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.