To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

One errs as long as one strives.