In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

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

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.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction.

The germs of all things are in every heart, and the greatest criminals as well as the greatest heroes are but different modes of ourselves.