Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

They adored each other; but still the permanent and the immutable subsist. We may love and laugh, pout, clasp hands, smile, and exchange endearments, but that does not affect eternity. Two lovers hide in the dusk of evening, amid flowers and the twittering of birds, and enchant each other with their hearts shinning in their eyes; but the stars in their course still circle through infinite space.

Toleration is the best religion.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

Progress is the life-style of man.

Labor is life; thought is light.

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.