...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will.

For the sadness in legitimate humour consists in the fact that honestly and without deceit it reflects in a purely human way upon what it is to be a child.

In a mathematical proposition, for example, the objectivity is given, but therefore its truth is also an indifferent truth.

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.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of himself. But suffering directs a man to look within. If it succeeds, then there, within him, is the beginning of his learning.

Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection