The immense majority of our species are candidates for humanity, and nothing more.

A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Christianity, if it is to triumph over pantheism, must absorb it. To our pusillanimous eyes Jesus would have borne the marks of a hateful pantheism, for he confirmed the Biblical phrase "ye are gods," and so would St. Paul, who tells us that we are of "the race of God." Our century wants a new theology - that is to say, a more profound explanation of the nature of Christ and of the light which it flashes upon heaven and upon humanity.

Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins with this.

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.