The highest good and solely useful is liberal education.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification.

Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

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

A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.