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.

The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.

What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic