Philosopher

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

Mereka yang tak mampu mengingat masa lalu dikutuk untuk mengulangnya.

Emosi pada dasarnya adalah tentang ketiadaan dan banyak darinya tetap tentang ketiadaan sampai akhir.

Semakin rasional sebuah institusi, semakin berkurang penderitaannya dengan membuat konsesi kepada orang lain.

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Habit is stronger than reason.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.