Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Life is writing. The sole purpose of mankind is to engrave the thoughts of divinity onto the tablets of nature.

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.