The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.