"Where did I get it from?  Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbor, and not throttle him?  I was told that in my childhood, and I joyfully accepted it because they told me what was already in my soul.  And who discovered it?  Not reason.  Reason discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who stand in the way of the satisfaction of my desires.  This is the deduction of reason.  But loving one's fellow men reason could never discover because that is unreasonable."

"Yes, pride,...and not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect.  And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect.  Yes.  indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect," he repeated.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina

"Co phai ly tri da chung minh cho minh thay rang phai thuong yeu dong loai, va khong nen ap buc ho? Nguoi ta da noi cho minh biet dieu do tu luc con tho au, va minh vui suong tin theo vi nguoi ta da dien dat ho minh dieu da co san trong tam hon.  Nhung ai vach cho ta thay ro dieu do?  Khong phai la ly tri.  Ly tri vach cho ta thay cuoc canh tranh sinh ton va cai qui luat phai ap buc tat ca nhung ai can tro su thoa man duc vong cua ta.  Cai do la su suy dien cua tri tue.  Ly tri khong day ta yeu thuong dong loai vi lam nhu the la nguoc lai ban chat cua ly tri."

"Phai, do la su kieu ngao,....khong nhung chi la su kieu ngao cua tri tue ma con la su ngu xuan cua tri tue va nhat la....su doi tra cua tri tue., khong con chu nao khac nua....su lua loc cua tri tue."