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.

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.

A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again

Truth is one, but error is manifold.

Creation is an act of love and it is perpetual.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

Electra weeping for the dead Orestes. If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence.