Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

The bad thing is that thinking about thought doesn't help at all; one has to have it from nature so that the good ideas appear before us like free children of God calling to us: Here we are.

We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.

The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.

If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.