As the stars are the glory of the sky, so great men are the glory of their country, yea, of the whole earth. The hearts of great men are the stars of earth; and doubtless when one looks down from above upon our planet, these hearts are seen to send forth, a silvery light just like the stars of heaven.

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.

God will pardon: That's His business.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.

Phychical pain is more easily borne than physical; and if I had my choice between a bad conscience and a bad tooth, I should choose the former.

All our contemporary philosophers perhaps without knowing it are looking through eyeglasses that Baruch Spinoza polished. Spinoza was a philosopher who earned his livelihood by grinding lenses.