Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

My mind is my own church.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar 

to be considered as representing the same social reality.

I view my fellow man 

not as a fallen angel, 

but as a risen ape.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Who questions much, 

shall learn much, 

and retain much.

To love to read 

is to exchange hours of ennui 

for hours of delight.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, 

but also for what we do not do.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, 

but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, 

thought begins.

The first and simplest emotion 

which we discover in the human mind, 

is curiosity.

Defending the truth 

is not something one does 

out of a sense of duty 

or to allay guilt complexes, 

but is a reward in itself.

Truth is born into this world 

only with pangs and tribulations, 

and every fresh truth 

is received unwillingly.

But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. 

The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: 

What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?

A subtle thought that is in error 

may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry 

that can establish truths of great value.