The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Prayer is and remains always a native and deepest impulse of the soul of man.

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.

A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured of and has no need of effort for believing.

The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.