Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

Our character ... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

Habit is stronger than reason.

When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves alone.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

Catastrophes come when some dominant institution, swollen like a soap-bubble and still standing without foundations, suddenly crumbles at the touch of what may seem a word or idea, but is really some stronger material source.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of life in all their purity.