There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.

God has such gladness every time he sees from heaven that a sinner is praying to Him with all his heart, as a mother has when she sees the first smile on her baby's face.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

I sometimes think love consists precisely of the voluntary gift by the loved object of the right to tyrannize over it.

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.

Drive nature out of the door and it will fly in at the window

Every man looks out for himself, and he has the happiest life who manages to hoodwink himself best of all.