What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.