understanding Quotes

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.

I really don't believe in magic.