But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself.

The only way to be totally free is through education.

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.