Pantheism is only a polite form of atheism.

Reasonable and vicious are quite consistent with each other, in fact, only through their union are great and far-reaching crimes possible

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.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does harm; sooner or later it will bring mischief to the man who harbors it.

Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.