Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.
The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses.