We are for religion against the religions.

The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.

Every day has its great grief or its small anxiety. ... One cloud is dispelled, another forms. There is hardly one day in a hundred of real joy and bright sunshine.

It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty!

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

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

In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.