

“I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.”
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“A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.”
― Sudelbücher.
― Sudelbücher.

“Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.”
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“If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.”
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