It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

War is progress, peace is stagnation.

Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it

God is the absolute truth...

Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy.

Children are potentially free and their life directly embodies nothing save potential freedom. Consequently they are not things and cannot be the property either of their parents or others.