Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience.

The true office of any faith is to give life a meaning which death cannot destroy.

People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.

We call beauty that which supplies us with a particular pleasure.

Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.

Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.

A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives