He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.

The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this task. The most selfish and hateful life of all is that of two beings who unite in order to enjoy life. The highest calling is that of the man who has dedicated his life to serving God and doing good, and who unites with a woman in order to further that purpose.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Are we not all flung into the world for no other purpose than to hate each other, and so to torture ourselves and one another?

The soul is immortal- well then, if I shall always live, I must have lived before, lived for a whole eternity.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.