“I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.”

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor

I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.

Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.

Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

In fact, Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.

I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.

Don’t worry about what you do not understand… Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.

We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves.

I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.

The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.

To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.