Time has only a relative existence.

Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.

We have chosen Mahomet not as the most eminent Prophet; but as the one we are freest to speak of. He is by no means the truest of Prophets; but I do esteem him a true one.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

The situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable, hampered, despicable actual, wherein thou even now standest, here or nowhere is thy ideal; work it out therefrom, and, working, believe, live, be free. Fool! the ideal is in thyself.

The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy.