"There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age."

"God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?"

"What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures."

"Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry."

"Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are."

"It is a profound truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."

"Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost."

"It is a profound truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."