War can only be qualified by its object, and there is neither foreign war nor civil war, there is only just or unjust war.

The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.

If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.

Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.

A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.