A character is a completely fashioned will.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the spring; it is the still consecrated spirit of hope, the prophecy of happy days yet to come; the endless variety of nature, with presentiments of eternal flowers which never shall fade, and sympathy with the blessedness of the ever-developing world.

Love is the final end of the world's history, the Amen of the universe.

Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.