Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men lifted out of sickness by the power of prayer. It is the only power in the world that overcomes the laws of nature.

The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.

One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.

As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.

Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.