Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.

The sane would do no good if they made themselves mad to help madmen.

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

You can't go against the grain of the universe and not expect to get splinters.

The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.