There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The difference between more or less intelligent men is like the difference between criminals condemned to life imprisonment in smaller or larger cells. The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like a condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Distance is the soul of beauty.