Quote #31197
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Quote #29744
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in...
Quote #28001
What is genius, anyway, if it isn’t the ability to give an adequate response...
Quote #1980
The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
Quote #34175
The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its...
Quote #34088
Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom...
Quote #26027
She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is...
Quote #10242
This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not...
Quote #7226
I have taken all knowledge to by my province.
Quote #7938
I prefer complexity to certainty, cheerful mysteries to sullen facts.