In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.

School is established, not in order that it should be convenient for the children to study, but that teachers should be able to teach in comfort. The children's conversations, motion, merriment are not convenient for the teacher, and so in the schools, which are built on the plan of prisons, are prohibited.

Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason.

History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.

Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.

I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.