Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known.

There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

What is needed is not a revolution in the opposite direction, but the opposite of a revolution.

To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.