Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.

Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.

The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.

No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.

No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.

If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.