Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.