To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.