The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

The rising and falling of the scales of pride and humility sustain the brooding mind as well as the alternations of desire and peace of the soul.

Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.