It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

I've long stopped worrying about who invented whom - God man or man God.

Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.

We have all lost touch with life, we all limp, each to a greater or lesser degree.

My friends, ask gladness from God. Be glad as children, as birds in the sky. And let man's sin not disturb you in your efforts, do not feat that it will dampen your endeavor and keep it from being fulfilled, do not say, Sin is strong, impiety is strong, the bad environment is strong, and we are lonely and powerless, the bad environment will dampen us and keep our good endeavor from being fulfilled. Flee from such despondency, my children! There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for the sins of men.

Loving someone is different from being in love with someone. You can hate someone you're in love with

Trifles, trifles are what matter!