In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

We only understand that which already is within us.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.

The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion according as it demands more faith - that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind.

The stationary condition is the beginning of the end

Nothing finite is true, is interesting, is worthy to fix my attention. All that is particular is exclusive, and all that is exclusive repels me.