“The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.”

“At first your religious beliefs are those which were foisted upon you; gradually your religious beliefs become those you deserve.”

“As in any discipline, to become good you need first to learn the rules. To become great, you need to break them.”

“You must first be nothing to become something.”

“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. ”

“You only get to hesitate in the first attempt, it becomes easier the more you do it.”

“Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent — then shall the rest be added unto you.”

“Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.”

“Signs are not empirical objects. Empirical objects become signs (or they are looked at as signs) only from the point of view of a philosophical decision.”

“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.”