One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.

Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.

A single day is sufficient for a man to discover what happiness is.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered into fragments; and if you have no other life, you just have to build one up out of these fragments.

And, indeed, I will at this point ask an idle question on my own account: which is better — cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is better?

The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of God and the immortality of your soul.