Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf.

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

Woe to the man who tries to remain objective and to maintain a wide perspective: every one will label him as an enemy.

We are always looking for a grand program of action full of great ideas, when the thing is to begin by obeying the little ideas.

The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one in which we go forward in spite of our fears.

Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.

Most illnesses do not, as is generally thought, come like a bolt out of the blue. The ground is prepared for years through faulty diet, intemperance, overwork, and moral conflicts, slowly eroding the subject's vitality.