The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.

The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.