“Vast, colossal destiny, which raises man to fame, though it may also grind him to powder!”

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

Only the soldier is a free man, because he can look death in the face.

Truth is more than a dream and a song.

Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the beautiful.

He who considers too much will perform little.

O that it might remain eternally green, The beautiful time of youthful love.

I am my own heaven and hell!

The world’s history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

The first great law is to obey.

In love, Jealousy is the great exaggerator.

Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

Love is the reward of love.

Weep, for the light is dead.

Will it, and set to work briskly.

I believed that the way passed through Man, and that it was from there that destiny had to emerge.

Destiny’s Child will always be No.1 on my list.

One finds one’s destiny on the path one takes to avoid it.

To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don’t let fear intimidate you.