To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium

A belief is not true simply because it is useful.

There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine.

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation - to force the esteem of others - seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.