If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.

There is no soul that does not respond to love, for the soul of man is a guest that has gone hungry these centuries back.

At every crossway on the path that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past. Let us have no fear that the fair towers of former days be sufficiently defended. The least that the most timid among us can do is not to add to the immense dead weight that nature drags along.

The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.

Physical suffering apart, not a single sorrow exists that can touch us except through our thoughts.

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others?

Wisdom requires no form; her beauty must vary, as varies the beauty of flame. She is no motionless goddess, for ever couched on her throne.