The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting for this representation.

Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will. Will without freedom is an empty word.

The heart is everywhere, and each part of the organism is only the specialized force of the heart itself.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Education to independence demands that young people should be accustomed early to consult their own sense of propriety and their own reason. To regard study as mere receptivity and memory work is to have a most incomplete view of what instruction means.

An individual piece only has meaning when it is seen as part of the whole.

Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.