War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.

I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.

Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.