Life is not a theme park, and if it is, the theme is death.
I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.
Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy
Most people don't need to be taught, they need only to be reminded
I do think the Roman Catholic religion is a disease of the mind which has a particular epidemiology similar to that of a virus. . . Religion is a terrific meme. That's right. But that doesn't make it true and I care about what's true. Smallpox virus is a terrific virus. It does its job magnificently well. That doesn't mean that it's a good thing. It doesn't mean that I don't want to see it stamped out.
It is hard to repent, to admit you are wrong on faith alone before the evidence of a feeling of being forgiven and light comes.
Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.