The higher a man's conception of God, the better will he know Him. And the better he knows God, the nearer will he draw to Him.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

She did not want to talk of her sorrow, but with that sorrow in her heart she could not talk of outside matters.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God.