I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus Christ.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

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.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.