The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.

Errors belong to libraries; truth, to the human mind.

Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.

Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it

The sickness of the heart is most easily got rid of by complaining and soothing confidence.