The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education; it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.

All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to now has measured up to and, strictly considered, no one should. With all their study and effort, people are directed to what is outside, to the world about them, and they are kept busy coming to know this and to master it to the extent that their purposes require. . . . How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. And what is your duty? Whatever the day calls for.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

The little man is still a man.

Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.