Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact.

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.

For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it.

There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.

For all is like an ocean, all flows and connects; touch it in one place and it echoes at the other end of the world.

The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing but slavery and self-destruction! For the world says: "You have desires and so satisfy them, for you have the same rights as the most rich and powerful. Don't be afraid of satisfying them and even multiply your desires."

Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.