Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us.

Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always; like God, to love always--this is duty.

A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.

Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.

Religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits; a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.

Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee.

The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.