Order is man's greatest need, and his true well-being.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Will localizes us, thought universalizes us.

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.

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.

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.

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