“From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.”

“If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.”

“People think that they think things, and they also think that they know things. They could usefully give some attention to the question of whether they know what they think and know what they think they know.”

“You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all.”

“The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.”

“The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying.It was:'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?”

“A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”