The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Love has the tendency of pressing together all the lights - all the rays emitted from the beloved object by the burning-glass of fantasy, - into one focus, and making of them one radiant sun without any spots.

The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

What is the freedom of the most free? To do what is right!

Every form correctly seen is beautiful

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.