Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

I am the Spirit that denies.

The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.