One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.

Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?

In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age.

We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert

One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.