The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far the most painful tragedies: but it is precisely for this reason that they honor life, because it brings against them its most formidable weapons.

He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap

Every man in creating the beautiful appearance of the dream worlds is a perfect artist.

How can anyone become a thinker unless he spends at least a third of every day away from passions, people, and books?

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.

How did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at it as at a riddle.

The only excuse for God is that he doesn't exist.