Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.

To love life is to love God. Harder and more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings, in undeserved sufferings.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.

He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly

The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them.

And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful.

It's not so much that he can't fall in love, but he has not the weakness necessary.