By thought I embrace the universe.

We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain time, we do worry. How long does this time have to be?

Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one.

Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is dead for him. That is why each of us thinks he is everything to everyone. We must not judge nature by ourselves, but by its own standards.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

Mediocrity makes the most of its native possessions.

To doubt is a misfortune, but to seek when in doubt is an indispensable duty. So he who doubts and seeks not is at once unfortunate and unfair.