So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. -Henri

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy.

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.

The more a man loves, the more he suffers. The sum of possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its degree of perfection.