On every mountain height is rest.

It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles.

What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.

Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.