I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light.

The founder brought the laws from the lawgiver; the faithful are meant to announce the laws to the lawgiver.

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

If education tries to make other persons out of us than we essentially are, deeper inside, it stultifies, and reproach matters.