Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
Sadness is a state of sin.
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
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.