He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.

The magnanimity and sensibility of a lady who faints when she sees a calf being killed: she is so kindhearted that she can't look at blood, but enjoys eating the calf served up with sauce.

Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us.

We acknowledge God only when we are conscious of His manifestation in us.

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new.

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.