“all appears to change when we change”

“When we are doing nothing in particula, it is then that we are living through all our being.”

“In these moments of tête-à-tête with the infinite, how different life looks! How all that usually occupies and excites us becomes suddenly puerile, frivolous, and vain. We seem to ourselves mere puppets, marionettes, strutting seriously through a fantastic show, and mistaking gewgaws for things of great price.”

“What we do not understand we have no right to judge”

“It is by teaching that we teach ourselves.”

“Time is but the space between our memories; as soon as we cease to perceive this space, time has disappeared.”

“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ”