If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.

There are some things you can't learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.

To be, or not to be: what a question!

Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or indeed, to understand this magnum opus in its entirety, from this point onward his drama was the rule by which all other Faust adaptations were measured. Goethe had eclipsed the earlier legends and became the undisputed authority on the subject of Faust in the eyes of the new Romantic generation. To deviate from his path would be nothing short of blasphemy.

It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.

The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.

... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!