If you took half of something and continued to take half of that half and so on, you would never reach an end.

Past is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live merry.

Dancers are the athletes of God.

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

Strange is our situation here upon earth.

It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry.