Henry thomas buckle

Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a general restlessness supervenes; the face of society is disturbed, or perhaps convulsed; old interests and old beliefs have been destroyed before new ones have been created. These symptoms are the precursors of revolution; they have preceded all the great changes through which the world has passed.

Zij die de duisternis niet bemerken zullen het licht nooit zoeken.

The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.