We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities.

The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery on the other hand is demanded and pursued by the religious instinct; mystery constitutes the essence of worship, the power of proselytism.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction.

Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison.

Time is but the space between our memories; as soon as we cease to perceive this space, time has disappeared.

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.