All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

Knowledge is real knowledge only when it is acquired by the efforts of your intellect, not by memory

The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite universe that surrounds me?

In our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the well-being of man lies in the union with his fellow men. True science should indicate the various methods of applying this consciousness to life. Art should transform this perception into feeling.

A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.

As often happens between men who have chosen different pursuits, each, while in argument justifying the other's activity, despised it in the depth of his heart.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.