There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.

Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die? Is death, then, the secret of life? The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe.

Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident.

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.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.