Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

My life's dream has been a perpetual nightmare.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

This is no time to make new enemies.

The policy of man consists, at first, in endeavoring to arrive at a state equal to that of animals, whom nature has furnished with food, clothing, and shelter.

The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of man is the same as the son of God. God, the father, is the same as Christ, the son; Christ, the son, is the same as God, the father. This language may appear confused to unbelievers, but Christians will readily understand it.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.