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Jesus is just a word I use to swear with.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

Problems only exist in the human mind.