If I make up the definition of a mammal, and then, after inspecting a camel, declare "look, a mammal' I have indeed brought a truth to light in this way, but it is a truth of limited value.

The man who sees little always sees less than there is to see; the man who hears badly always hears something more than there is to hear.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.