There are people who lie simply for the sake of lying.

We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search.

No one is discontented at not being a king except a discrowned king ... unhappiness almost invariably indicates the existence of a road not taken, a talent undeveloped, a self not recognized.

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who disobeys the other is a fool.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.