Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.
judge judgement judging opinions
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit
ability
Those who never have time do least
achievement
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out
books
Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense
commonsense
I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state
deathanddying
What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?
experience rights wrongs
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
god man
If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve
honesty
It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we hunt down such game as can be put to use by our purposeful philosophy in its well-ordered household
imagination
The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.
crazy insanity madness
Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle
men menandwomen
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
mind opinions peace
The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things
race
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
self-love tso-love
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
tso-life wisdom
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
books intelligence mirrors
Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.
books library reading
What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty.
eternity footsteps genius god posterity
The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.
distortion falsehood lies truth
If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones.
independence philosophy
...if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.
philosophy truth
When they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a book, where it is even worse hands.
philosophy science truth