It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

What is essential in the life of a man of my kind is what he thinks and how he thinks, and not what he does or suffers.

If I am right the Germans will say I was a German, and the French will say I was a Jew; If I am wrong the Germans will say I was a Jew and the French will say I was a German.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Consider the concepts referred to in the words 'where', 'when', 'why', 'being', to the elucidation of which innumerable volumes of philosophy have been devoted. We fare no better in our speculations than a fish which should strive to become clear as to what is water.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.