What governs men is the fear of truth.

The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion according as it demands more faith - that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind.

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

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

Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.

Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty.

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