“If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.”

Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.

Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.

Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.

The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

Faith is the force of life.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.

Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

Love those you hate you.

Don’t seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

I can admit and say that I have feelings.

Self-love means being honest with yourself, especially when the truth is hard to admit.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they’re sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive.

I’m the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it’s still about the work.

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.

It is usually best to admit mistakes when they occur, and to seek to restore honor.