Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

It makes a great difference by what path we come to a knowledge of certain things. If we begin in our youth with metaphysics and religion we can easily proceed along a series of rational conclusions that will lead us to the immortality of the soul. Not every other path will lead to this, at least not quite so easily.

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

Има хора, които си въобразяват, че всичко, което се прави със сериозен вид, е разумно.