Two possibilities: making oneself infinitely small or being so. The second is perfection, that is to say, inactivity, the first is beginning, that is to say, action.
There's an infinite amount of hope but not for us.
True undoubting is the teacher's part, continual undoubting the part of the pupil.
Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward.
Because of impatience we were driven out [of Paradise]; because of impatience we cannot return.
Anyone who loves his neighbor within the limits of the world is doing no more and no less injustice than someone who loves himself within the limits of the world.