Everything great and intelligent is in the minority. Altogether national hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. When you praise someone you call yourself his equal. The solution of every problem is another problem.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
After fifteen minutes nobody looks at a rainbow. To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words. The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence. Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.