The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

The impotence of God is infinite.

Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.

For a man’s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness.

The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.