“Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.”

An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.

From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.

A great part, perhaps the greatest part, of the business of our reason consists in the analysation of the conceptions which we already possess of objects.

How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.

By a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.

The hand is the visible part of the brain.

Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?

Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.

Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!

Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another.

The history of nature, begins with good, for it is God’s work; the history of freedom begins with badness, for it is man’s work.

Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.

Reading can take you places you have never been before.

Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.

Study the greats and become greater.

Sex energy is the creative energy of all creative geniuses.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.