The eternal feminine draws us on high.

Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more.

However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our reverence. . . . Its style, in accordance with its contents and aim is stern, grand, terrible - ever and anon truly sublime - Thus this book will go on exercising through all ages a most potent influence.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.

The history of mankind is his character.

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine