A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.

Our life is nothing, it is true, but our life is divine. A breath of nature annihilates us, but we surpass nature in penetrating far beyond her vast phantasmagoria to the changeless and the eternal.

Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired.

What we do not understand we have no right to judge

Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident.

A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.