“Our life is no dream, but it should and will perhaps become one.”

“Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one, and perhaps will.”

“One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.”

“Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us. ”

“A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.”

“Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven. ”

“Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.”