“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”

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.

When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies that are so destructive. This is at the heart of the human predicament, and the Scriptures call this condition sin.

I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you’re not.

You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.

There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

In general, we are sort of conditioned to see a different body type as acceptable and maybe look away when the other body type arrives.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.