The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance.
Category Archive: 1803
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.
Without electricity, the air would rot.
We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.