I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit.

Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn.

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

There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.

Happiness is pleasure without regret