We are only geometricians of matter; the Greeks were, first of all, geometricians in the apprenticeship to virtue.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

If someone does me injury I must desire that this injury shall not degrade me. I must desire this out of love for him who inflicts it, in order that he may not really have done evil.

What hope is there for innocence if it is not recognized?

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.