Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him.

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.

Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.

Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material ... Don't wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.