What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

Chess is the touchstone of intellect.

One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.

A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble, and valued whole, when harmonious ease affords him a pure and free delight, then the universe, if it could experience itself, would exult, as having attained its goal, and admire the climax of its own becoming and essence.