Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because vegetarianism itself is such an important step towards the realization of this kingdom (all real steps are equally important or unimportant), but because it serves as a criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of man is genuine and sincere.

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

All art has this characteristic-it unites people.

A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.