Denn Bildung muß der Zweck unsrer Reise sein und wir müssen ihn erreichen, oder der Entwurf ist so unsinnig wie die Ausführung ungeschickt.
— “Aufsatz, den sichern Weg des Glücks zu finden”Der Gedanke, daß wir hienieden von der Wahrheit nichts, gar nichts, wissen, daß das, was wir hier Wahrheit nennen, nach dem Tode ganz anders heißt, und daß folglich das Bestreben, sich ein Eigentum zu erwerben, das uns auch in das Grab folgt, ganz vergeblich und fruchtlos ist, dieser Gedanke hat mich in dem Heiligtum meiner Seele erschüttert.
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