1. “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
2. “A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.”
3. “To know all is to despise all.”
4. “Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.”
5. “Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it”
6. “Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.”
7. “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
8. “Fanaticism is compensation for doubt.”
9. “Only the fool expects to be happy all the to time.”
10. “Sometimes fear could be forgotten, but never for long.”
11. “I do not ‘get’ ideas; ideas get me.”
12. “The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.”
13. “Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.”
14. “The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.”
15. “Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.”
