To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
To understand is to forgive.
Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other. But this is not natural. Each keeps its own place.
Human beings do not know their place and purpose. They have fallen from their true place, and lost their true purpose. They search everywhere for their place and purpose, with great anxiety. But they cannot find them because they are surrounded by darkness.