Excite the soul, and the weather and the town and your condition in the world all disappear; the world itself loses its solidity, nothing remains but the soul and the Divine Presence in which it lives.

In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial.

When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All spontaneous thought is irrespective of all else.

If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.

It is better to suffer injustice than to do it.

Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.

Universities are of course hostile to geniuses.