Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine.

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

Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.

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

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.