Wisdom

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

In the consciousness of the infinite, the relation of the individual to the world is the religion of reason.

The true work of art is the idea.

Is it not better to perish all at once than little by little, with the constant degradation of faculties?

One night, I whispered to Nature: 'I would like to retrace my steps and learn what life has taught me.' But it was already too late. The stars flickered, winds swept my words away, and the dawn was breaking. And my heart said to me: 'This is the end.'

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Philosophy is spirit's longing to know itself.

Think of the world as you would have it.

What is at stake in the interrogation of reality is reality itself.

The autonomy of the impersonal is manifest in the necessity it imposes on genuine thought to rise to the life of alien truths.

Philosophy is concerned with encountering the most alien and impersonal truths.

The most valuable thing that can come from the study of philosophy is the capacity to think and reason well.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Language is a dynamic process of connecting thought and feeling.

A philosopher is a person who is always inquisitive, not content, always seeking the truth.

The presence of what is not and the absence of what is are both the beginning of wisdom.

In every word, a world unfolds waiting to be discovered.

Writing is the mirror reflecting the depths of our hearts.