“In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.”

“Evil lives in the dark. We instinctively know it as children, but as we grow older we allow reason to cloud our judgement”

“To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is after all the same word we use to describe... essence”

“Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.”

“All of us have two educations; one which we receive from others; another and more valuable; which we give ourselves.”

“The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among.”