"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"Truth is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes."

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."