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.

Tel Aviv appeals to me.

Contrary to general opinion, women are not so sentimental as men, but are much more hardheaded.

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

We are not old unless we desire to be.

. . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable.