A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do not read, I eat.

All the Freudian system is impregnated with the prejudice which it makes it its mission to fight -- the prejudice that everything sexual is vile.

Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me.