Philosophy is written in the vast book which stands open before our eyes, I mean the universe; but it cannot be read until we have learnt the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written.
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
Our life is frittered away by detail.
I think it's great to be funny, but it's better if you can do it without hurting people.
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
Anger gives us the strength to do great or terrible things, but takes away from us our Humanity.
Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backward.
Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant, but also make pleasant things more pleasant.
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.
Delay is preferable to error.