Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.

Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system, is the man which it forms. If a system injures the intelligence it is bad. If it injures the character it is vicious. If it injures the conscience it is criminal.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.