On the heights it is warmer than people in the valley suppose, especially in winter. The thinker recognizes the full import of this simile.

Some men are born posthumously.

Freedom of opinion is like health; both are individual, and no good general conception can be set up of either of them.

The radical hostility, the deadly hostility against sensuality, is always a symptom to reflect on: it entitles us to suppositions concerning the total state of one who is excessive in this manner.

We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but metaphors for things - metaphors which correspond in no way to the original entities.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Man and man's earth are unexhausted and undiscovered. Wake and listen! Verily, the earth shall yet be a source of recovery. Remain faithful to the earth, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth.