The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it

Though our conduct seems so very different from that of the higher animals, the primary instincts are much alike in them and in us.

[I] must seek in the stars that which was denied [to me] on earth.

People start their lives at last when they are able to live for something other than themselves.

To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives.