The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists - in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record.

I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

Accept life, and you must accept regret.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

Man is saved by love and duty, and by the hope that springs from duty, or rather from the moral facts of consciousness, as a flower springs from the soil.