Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

Each of us can improve our internal person and develop the character required for a successful life

There is a world of difference between the experienceof 'care' – the wiping of a bottom, the bathing of a body: basicbiological obligations – and the intimacy that makes us wantto live.

When something needs to be said, I'll say it even if the whole world grabs me by the neck and tells me to keep quiet.

If you don't concentrate you'll end up on your rear.

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to that source, to your spiritual teacher or to a particular god or goddess.

We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond

Bodily changes take place, like the thing with the kick.

Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate.