Life has value only when it has something valuable as its object.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

Everybody allows that to know any other science you must have first studied it, and that you can only claim to express a judgment upon it in virtue of such knowledge. Everybody allows that to make a shoe you must have learned and practised the craft of the shoemaker, though every man has a model in his own foot, and possesses in his hands the natural endowments for the operations required. For philosophy alone, it seems to be imagined, such study, care, and application are not in the least requisite

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

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.