Only he who finds empiricism irksome is driven to method.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.

The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.

Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned.

Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.