Love was meant to be also a sign, a symbol, a messenger, a telltale of the Divine. Love is a messenger from God saying that every human affection and every ecstasy of love are sparks from the great flame of love that is God.

Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner in his joy. He who shares tears with us wipes them away. He divides them in two, and he who laughs with us makes the joy double.

The science of a religious man must be scientific; the religion of a scientific man must be religious.

Men work harder and more readily when they labor on that which is their own.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast.

Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.