It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.

Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.

If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.