Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.

To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said.

Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.