Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

In this way, his unhappy soul struggled with its anguish. Eighteen hundred years before this unfortunate man, the mysterious Being, in whom all the sanctities and all the sufferings of humanity come together, He too, while the olive trees trembled in the fierce breath of the Infinite, had brushed away the fearful cup that appeared before him, streaming with shadow and running over with darkness, in the star-filled depths. (pg. 236)

Love is a fault; so be it.

I believe, sir, in all the progress. Air navigation is the result of the oceanic navigation: from water the human has to pass in the air. Everywhere where creation will be breathable to him, the human will penetrate into the creation. Our only limit is life.

Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends herself to our dreams and cherishes our fancies.

Progress is not accomplished in one stage.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.