The stationary condition is the beginning of the end

The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence.

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

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

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

The best path through life is the highway.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart, in its cunning, quarrels with what is outside it, in order that it may deafen the clamor within.