Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?

Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.

alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.

Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.

No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.

The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.

The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind.