How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.

It makes no good to point the failures out without showing at the same time the remedy to address them.