Idealism is the despot of thought, 

just as politics is the despot of will.

Without education 

we are in a horrible and deadly danger 

of taking educated people seriously.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

A truer image of the world, 

I think, 

is obtained by picturing things 

as entering into the stream of time 

from an eternal world outside, 

than from a view which regards time 

as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Teachers need to feel they are trusted. 

They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; 

otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

From each according to his abilities, 

to each according to his needs.

Face the facts of being what you are, 

for that is what changes what you are.

I want to keep my dreams, 

even bad ones, 

because without them, 

I might have nothing all night long.

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings 

in such a way as to complete and fulfil them, 

for it alone takes them and joins them 

by what is deepest in themselves.

To invent is to discern, to choose.