Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject; and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing.

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages

It's a luxury to be understood.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Beware of what you want-for you will get it.