The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite universe that surrounds me? It is impossible for there to be a person with no religion (i.e. without any kind of relationship to the world) as it is for there to be a person without a heart. He may not know that he has a religion, just as a person may not know that he has a heart, but it is no more possible for a person to exist without a religion than without a heart.

I must have physical exercise, or my temper'll certainly be ruined.

Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

A human can be healthy without killing animals for food.

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.

He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.