“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!”

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all res...”

“Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being...”

“Where is it I've read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he'd only room to stand,...”

“It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!”

“He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize i...”

“Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.”

“The servants used to say, 'he read himself silly.”