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

Pierre was one of those people who are strong only when they feel themselves perfectly pure.

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.

I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness.

Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.

Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

Energy rests upon love; and come as it will, there's no forcing it.