Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

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

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

It is dangerous to abandon one's self to the luxury of grief; it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish for recovery.

Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small.

When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.