Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood; the pain is brief, the joy unending.

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the events in Galilee. On the contrary, Indian wisdom flows back to Europe, and will produce a fundamental change in our knowledge and thought.

Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold.

The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions have motives.

Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.