"Now those who take a superficial and unreflecting view of things observe the outward appearance of anything they meet…"

"Everyone who flees from what is superficially good and follows what is reckoned hard and foolish finds happiness awai…"

"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: ... The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears …"

"The vicious lover is the follower of earthly Love who desires the body rather than the soul; his heart is set on what…"

"The learning of the gentleman enters through his ears, fastens to his heart, spreads through his four limbs, and mani…"

"It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself …"

"It is certainly better not to have studied a subject at all than to have studied it superficially. For when the unaid…"

"Man … thinks continually without knowing it. The thinking that rises to consciousness is only the smallest part of th…"

"My grandparents found reasons for the existence of their family and the fulfillment of their duties in serious writin…"

"I was no longer superficial—I had stopped thinking."