Faith is the highest passion in a man.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to itself.

But doubt is wily and cunning and never, as it is sometimes said to be, loud or defiant. It is unassuming and sly, not bold or assertive - and the more unassuming, the more dangerous.

To grumble about the world and its unhappiness is always easier than to beat one's breast and groan over oneself.

Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.