Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

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.

Freedom, you see, is having events go in accordance with our will, never contrary to it.

Snowflake’s journey is a metaphor. A metaphor for what, exactly?I have no freaking clue.

Mutual understanding is the main backbone of every happy relationship.

It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.

State is the nation socially organized.

Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience?

Everything looks cute when it's small.

We have no healthcare and we have all the guns in the world, it makes you think twice before you start throwing punches in a bar.

I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

Love is the victim's response to the rapist.