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"To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the ..."

"An age cannot bind itself and ordain to put the succeeding one into such a condition that it cannot extend its (at best very occasional) knowledge , purify itself of errors, and progress in general en..."

"How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?"

"Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark."

"What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently contained in the image of its decline."

"It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.” – Snipes (185)"

"In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product dependent upon cause and effect and therefore li..."

"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."

"The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment..."

"He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; bu..."