A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor. - Bertrand Russell

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

[One] must look into hell before one has any right to speak of heaven.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.