It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

Everyone has left me except my muse, that good nurse. She stays in my hand, a mild white mouse.

A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn't he?

Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

I wanna buy a bunch of hermit crabs and make them live together.

I love heights. I love speed. Im on the verge of being a pyromaniac. Maybe my phobia is boredom.

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

I love meeting life halfway.

You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them.

There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.