If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one ever was truly harmed. Harmed is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance.

No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.

Infinity is a fathomless gulf, into which all things vanish.

Everything that happens, happens as it should.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'