Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune.

The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.

Truth is the first thing to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.

Literary education must follow the education of the hand -the one gift that distinguishes man from beast.

The end is inherent in the means.

The ideal that marriage aims at is that of spiritual union through the physical. The human love that it incarnates is intended to serve as a stepping stone to diving or universal love.