Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

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

Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy.

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.

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

To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.