There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

There are men who are wanting in the comparative, they as a rule are the most interesting.

Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to itself.

Take it and return it: the kiss of love.

It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

Be that self which one truly is.

With the daguerreotype, everyone will be able to have their portrait taken . . . and at the same time everything is being done to make us all look exactly the same.