Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.