It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.

We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing.

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

I can, therefore I am.

Our science is like a store filled with the most subtle intellectual devices for solving the most complex problems, and yet we are almost incapable of applying the elementary principles of rational thought.

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.