A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

The Portuguese, Dutch and English have been for a long time year after year, shipping home the treasures of India in their big vessels. We Germans have been all along been left to watch it. Germany would do likewise, but hers would be treasures of spiritual knowledge.

Write . . . write . . . pencil . . . paper.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.

Where words leave off, music begins.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.