Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past.

Everlastingly chained to a single little fragment of the Whole, man himself develops into nothing but a fragment; everlastingly in his ear the monotonous sound of the wheel that he turns, he never develops the harmony of his being, and instead of putting the stamp of humanity upon his own nature, he becomes nothing more than the imprint of his occupation or of his specialized knowledge.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.

He who considers too much will perform little.