They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I take as a sign that I ought to do it.

In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.

Whither should we aim if not towards God?

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.