In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it.

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.

He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.

And the cause of everything is that which we call God.

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.

Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find the causes is implanted in man's soul.