At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE

In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance -- that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.