Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.

What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without.

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.

You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.

Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides that he is not God.

We don't get to know anything but what we love.