Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

We believe as much as we can. We would believe everything if we could.

The more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and not that we cry, strike, or tremble because we are sorry, angry, or fearful as the case may be.