We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical read more

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

Passion holds up the botton of the world, while genius paints its roof.

Passion holds up the botton of the world, while genius paints its roof.

Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine read more

Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine to be in God's mind, and it is really difficult for human intelligence to guess at a divine intelligence. What we usually end up with by this sort of reasoning is to make God the color-sergeant of our army and to make Him as chauvinistic as ourselves.

Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.

Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.

Always behave like a duck- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.

Always behave like a duck- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.

A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.

A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.