One sees great things from the valley; 

only small things from the peak.

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. 

You should never trifle with Nature.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

If a tree dies, 

plant another in its place.

What beauty is, 

I know not, 

though it adheres to many things.

Logic will never change emotion or perception.

You have to assert something about yourself 

in order to be yourself.

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. 

I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.

There is only one valuable thing in art: 

the thing you cannot explain.

I was born not knowing 

and have had only a little time 

to change that 

here and there.

Tell me what you pay attention to 

and I will tell you who you are.

The heights of popularity and patriotism 

are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. 

Not to dare is to lose oneself.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, 

and which any honest man will ask himself, 

is whether a doctrine is true or false.

I would like to express the thoughts of a man who, 

having finally penetrated the partitions and ceilings 

of little countries, little coteries, little sects, 

rises above all these categories 

and finds himself a child and citizen of the Earth.

It is far better to foresee 

even without certainty 

than not to foresee at all.