There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism.

Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.

Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach.

The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary.

Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.

The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.

Great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.

Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men.

The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation.

Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other.

Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.

Aren't we all a bunch of weirdos?

He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.

The truth--a hideous spectacle!

I do think of myself as a taste-maker, yes, absolutely.

In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.

True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.

You never know when your ideas are going to come back to you.

Christian Science explains all cause and effect as mental, not physical.

The fetus is the property of the entire society.

Love is not a mere emotion or sentiment. It is the lucid and ardent responses of the whole person to a value that is revealed to him as perfect.