Some men are born posthumously.

That a person cannot and consequently will not defend himself, does not yet cast disgrace upon him in our eyes ; but we despise the person who has neither the ability nor the good will for revenge whether it be a man or a woman.

We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves - how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves? It has rightly been said: "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"; our treasure is where the beehives of our knowledge are.

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.

The less men are fettered by tradition, the greater becomes the inward activity of their motives, and greater again in proportion to their outer restlessness.

You must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's!

Faith is the path of least resistance.