I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published.

Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.

I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.

It’s a good thing when you don’t dare do something if you don’t think it’s right. But it’s not good when you think something’s not right because you don’t dare do it.

God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.

The reason why I hated school so intensely [was that] it interfered with my freedom.

The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty bottle.