True humility is contentment.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory.

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

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.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.