A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs.

The triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle - and not lose it.

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die.

A faith is that which is able to survive a mood.