Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
Let thy virtue be too high for the familiarity of names, and if thou must speak of it, be not ashamed to stammer about it.
The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.
When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
Instruments and playthings are sense and spirit: behind them there is still the Self. The Self seeketh with the eyes of the senses, it hearkeneth also with the ears of the spirit.