The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm, the spring is transformed into a dance, force becomes dynamic, and outlines figures.

The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man.

Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.

What is needed is not a revolution in the opposite direction, but the opposite of a revolution.

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.