If those who had set themselves to explain the various theories of Christianity had set themselves instead to do the will of the Master, how different the world would be now!

All that is not God is death.

Many a life has been injured by the constant expectation of death. It is life we have to do with, not death. The best preparation for the night is to work diligently while the day lasts. The best preparation for death is life.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

Now and then, when I look round on my books, they seem to waver as if a wind rippled their solid mass, and another world were about to break through.

I am an optimistic fatalist. This world and all its beginnings will pass on into something better.

Religion is life essential.