Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.
The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water. '
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
The power of thought is far greater than most people ever realize.
A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?
Beware of all the paradoxical in love. It is simplicity which saves, it is simplicity which brings happiness. . . Love should be love.
Love doesn't necessarily mean bless or agree with, it means sacrifice for and suffer with.