I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.

Faith does not limit itself by the idea of a world, a universe, a necessity.

[T]he present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original[.]

I do not regard the limits of the past and present as the limits of humanity of the future

[This philosophy] … is antagonistic to minds perverted and crippled by a superhuman

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

[This philosophy] does not … regard the pen as the only fit organ for the revelation of truth, but the eye and ear, the hand and foot

I by no means say … God is nothing, the Trinity is nothing, the Word of God is nothing, … . I only show that they are not that which the illusions of theology make them[.]

[I]f God as a subject is the determined, while the quality, the predicate, is determining, then in truth the rank of the godhead is due not to the subject, but to the predicate.

You love me. Real or not real?"I tell him, "Real.

So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.

Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.

But for the silly chaps, we would still be living in the Stone Age.

SARC- was my second favorite -ASM word

No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.

True words seem false.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer before he or she can ruin it.

Self-awareness is one of the rarest of human commodities. I don't mean self-consciousn ess where you're limiting and evaluating yourself. I mean being aware of your own patterns.