Art does not want the representation of a beautiful thing, but the representation of something beautiful.
Maximum individuality within maximum community
By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
Everything in nature acts in conformity with law.
The science of mathematics presents the most brilliant example of how pure reason may successfully enlarge its domain without the aid of experience
I feel a complete thirst for knowledge and an eager unrest to go further in it as well as satisfaction at every acquisition. There was a time when I believed that this alone could constitute the honor of mankind, and I had contempt for the ignorant rabble who know nothing.