The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell.

The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.