If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.

Eh, brother, but nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we'd all drown in prejudices. Without that there wouldn't be even a single great man.

If someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth, and that in reality the truth were outside of Christ, then I should prefer to remain with Christ rather than with the truth.

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

To cook your hare you must first catch it.

If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison.