"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

"How vain it is to boast of one's own merit, when one is but a fragment of the universe!"

"We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who will follow us when we are no more."

"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."

"The true religion teaches us our duties, our weaknesses, the pride and self-love that corrupt us, and the remedies which will cure us."