Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.

The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.

Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! And without too many regrets, if possible! Those from which the sap has withdrawn. But, good Lord, what beautiful colors!

The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.

Whither should we aim if not towards God?