Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics. ... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer.

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world." "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense." "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.