We do not understand that life is paradise, for it suffices only to wish to understand it, and at once paradise will appear in front of us in its beauty.

That's always the way with fanatics; they cross themselves at the tavern and throw stones at the temple.

If you happen to have a wart on your nose or forehead, you cannot help imagining that no one in the world has anything else to do but stare at your wart, laugh at it, and condemn you for it, even though you have discovered America.

One could never judge a man without seeing him close, for oneself.

My friends, God is necessary for me if only because he is the one being who can be loved eternally.

Whether one showed you and execution or a little finger, you would extract an equally edifying thought from both of them, and would still be content. That's the way to get on in life.

If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.