The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
Do not call yourself poor because your dreams were not ful-filled; truly poor is the one who never dreamed.
Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.
In a great soul everything is great.
The really great men in the history of the world have all either known how to meditate or have unconsciously found their way to the place to which meditation leads us.
The opposite of falsehood is not truth, but doubt.
To know truly is to know by causes.
What man is without fault, and what king without weakness?
A man of wit is lost, if to his wit he does not join energy of character. If you have the lantern of Diogenes, you must also have his cudgel.
Oh, that simplicity and innocence never recognise themselves and their sacred value!
The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.
Travel teaches toleration.
E = mc²
Everything that happens is a symbol.
Fit yourself into accord with the things in which your portion has been cast, and love the men among whom your lot has fallen, but love them truly.
Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
Do not have too artificial an idea of man but judge him naturally. Don't consider him too good or too bad.
Too many words leave you speechless.
What expresses itself in language, we cannot express by means of language.
And therefore justice is often thought to be the greatest of virtues, and 'neither evening nor morning star' is so wonderful; and proverbially 'in justice is every virtue comprehended'.
Not only were we happy, but we knew it.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Nothing is ours, except time.
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
Truth and clarity are complementary.
Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.
If you see a great master, you will always find that he used what was good in his predecessors, and that it was this which made him great.
Man is neither good nor bad, he is born with instincts and aptitudes.
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