The soul may be immortal because she is fitted to rise towards that which is neither born nor dies, towards that which exists substantially, necessarily, invariably, that is to say towards God.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?

A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.

Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.