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.

What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to take your soul out of time, as every sublime act does.

People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.

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

I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again.

One of the most obtuse superstitions is the superstition of the scientists who say that man can exist without faith.

Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.