Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls

Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world

The more wants a man has, the less freedom.

I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it

Saints rarely have friends; they are usually hated and derided, for they love and love is always rejected by hard-hearted men....saints do not advertise themselves; good men do not seek out a name in the world....the saints did what they did almost in stealth, asking nothing except that men love God.