The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless..

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate..

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom..

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head..

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say..

We are each a dozen people who were all the same child..

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few..

You cannot step twice into the same river..

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature..

Existence precedes and rules essence..

I use biography, I use literary connections (as with Platen - this seems to me extremely helpful for appreciating the nuances of Mann's and Aschenbac….

Men have discovered other philosophical and ethical systems, but they have not found another Jesus Christ. No one in history can match Him..

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life..

We have really, that I know of, no philosophical basis for high and low. Moreover, the vegetable kingdom does not culminate, as the animal kingdom do….

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do..

Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed?.

Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves..

Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, you're ….

Every artist is an unhappy lover..

What you believe matters, however. It’s all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you are, your actions define you. If you don’t believe….

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not..