I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand. Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.

Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.

Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.

A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.

'There are a few of us -madmen all! -who are in love with knowing, who would sell the last shirt from our backs for one small truth, one tiny star-fire to ligh…

It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands.

All my life through, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise. It has often meant endangering my life and incurring di…