There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused. ... It is impossible to be happy if one does not have the desire to be happy; one must therefore will one's happiness, and create it.