What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man.

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.

Mastery.- We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in the achievement.

What makes us heroic?--Confronting simultaneously our supreme suffering and our supreme hope.

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.