The Possession Of Power Inevitably Spoils The

Nature Has Willed That Man Should, By Himself, Produce Everything That Goes Beyond The Mechanical Ordering Of His Animal Existence, And That He Should Partake Of No Other Happiness Or Perfection Than That Which He Himself, Independently Of Instinct, Has Created By His Own Reason.

I Feel A Complete Thirst For Knowledge And An Eager Unrest To Go Further In It As Well As Satisfaction At Every Acquisition. There Was A Time When I Believed That This Alone Could Constitute The Honor Of Mankind, And I Had Contempt For The Ignorant Rabble Who Know Nothing.

A Lie Is The Abandonment And, As It Were, The Annihilation Of The Dignity By Man.

Immaturity Is The Incapacity To Use One's Intelligence Without The Guidance Of Another.

The Business Of Philosophy Is Not To Give Rules, But To Analyze The Private Judgments Of Common Reason.