The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.

I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.

The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience.

You've said nothing, of course, and I ask nothing," he was saying; "but you know that friendship's not what I want: that there's only one happiness in life for me, that word that you dislike so...yes, love!

Childhood candor... shall I ever find you again?

He is not apprehended by reason, but by life.