Unconsciously we seek the principles and opinions which are suited to our temperament, so that at last it seems as if these principles and opinions had formed our character and given it support and stability.

Free will without fate is no more conceivable than spirit without matter, good without evil.

A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book.

The love of one sole being is a barbarism; for it will be employed to the detriment of all the rest. So too the love of God.

If you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you some good.

Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

One has renounced the great life when one renounces war.