None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man is a dialogue between nature and God. On other planets this dialogue will doubtless be of a higher and profounder character. What is lacking is Self-Knowledge. After that the rest will follow.

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.

The question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Noble be man, helpful and good!

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.