Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.

If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.

Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.