“They dispute not in order to find or even to seek Truth, but for victory, and to appear the more learned and strenuous upholders of a contrary opinion. Such persons should be avoided by all who have not a good breastplate of patience.”

“The moral aspect was merely a concomitant, a coverall for some deeper, almost forgotten purpose. That histoire should be story, lie and history all in one, was of a significance not to be despised. And that a story, given out as the invention of a creative artist, should be regarded as the most effective material for getting at the truth about its author, was also significant. Lies can only be imbedded in truth. They have no separate existence; they have a symbiotic relationship with truth. A good lie reveals more than the truth can ever reveal. To the one, that is, who seeks truth. To such a person there could never be cause for anger or recrimination when confronted with the lie. Not even pain, because all would be patent, naked and revelatory.”

“It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.”

“Do not seek for the truth, only stop having an opinion.”

“In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.”

“A woman who admires a man who is bold and brave should learn how to uphold her prestige, decency and grace.”