“Can he rectify false weight whose own scales are uncertain? Can you enlighten your neighbor while you yourself have no light?”

“If the weight comes from bacon you can so deduct it off the scale total to get your true weight. #science”

“Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light.”

“No one and nothing outside of you can give you salvation, or free you from the misery. You have to light your own lamp. You have to know the miniature universe that you yourself are.”

“You can keep it a secret.... But secrets have their own weight, and it can be a very heavy one.”

“You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.”