If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.

It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Everybody can do something toward creating in his own environment kindly feelings rather than anger, reasonableness rather than hysteria, happiness rather than misery.