There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

When politics and home life have become one and the same thing, [...] then,[...] it is evident that we will be in a state of total liberty or anarchy.

Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed.

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.