Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man's emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.

Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.

You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.

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

She did not want to talk of her sorrow, but with that sorrow in her heart she could not talk of outside matters.

But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.

The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.