Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.
The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.
The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.
General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
Honor does not have to be defended.
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.