Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.

Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.