He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

My most interesting memory is of my first real dream. I was a caterpillar, wriggling around in the earth, just the way a caterpillar would. Following my caterpillar whims, completely unaware of anyone.

By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind.

Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.