The beginning is always today.

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

Every language is a world. 

Without translation, 

we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.

Seek not the favour of the multitude; 

it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. 

But seek the testimony of few; 

and number not voices, 

but weigh them.

 

Cheerfulness, it would appear, 

is a matter which depends fully 

as much on the state of things within, 

as on the state of things without and around us.

Ordinary men live among marvels 

and feel no wonder, 

grow familiar with objects 

and learn nothing new about them.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

You're on earth. 

There's no cure for that.

In matters of style, 

swim with the current; 

in matters of principle, 

stand like a rock.

God is the only being who,

in order to reign, 

doesn't even need to exist.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Fear of things invisible 

is the natural seed 

of that which everyone 

in himself 

calleth religion.

The thought is a deed. 

Of all deeds 

she fertilises the world most.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

The way to know life is to love many things.