If you judge, investigate.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils that it creates.

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.

Do not peer too far.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place the come down and shoot the survivors.

To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.