"Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm."

"Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original."

"An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog."

"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."