He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.

What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in learning.

I must add... my gratitude to you for the attention with which you have listened to me, for, from my numerous observations, our Liberals are never capable of letting anyone else have a conviction of his own without at once meeting their opponent with abuse or even something worse.

Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.

Of course I shall go astray often...for who does not make mistakes? But I cannot go far wrong for I have seen the truth.

I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings.

If there is no God, then I am God.