A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.

The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides

There is no curing a sick man who believes himself in health

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists / in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.