The solution of every problem is another problem

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny

Man cannot persist long in a conscious state, he must throw himself back into the unconscious, for his root lives there.

It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe

If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much

Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.

Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.