Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work read more

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

It appears I am destined for something; I will live.

It appears I am destined for something; I will live.

When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any read more

When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," read more

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows read more

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.