Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.

The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.

Man is the broken giant, and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature.

The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men.

To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of charactermakes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State.

Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.

We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.