It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Think: what do you work at?
When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time.
What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to take your soul out of time, as every sublime act does.
I prefer a good pair of boots to Shakespeare.
The higher a man’s conception of God, the better will he know Him. And the better he knows God, the nearer will he draw to Him.
The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank.
The highest wisdom has but one science – the science of the whole – the science explaining the whole creation and man’s place in it.
And that which yesterday was the novel opinion of one man, to-day becomes the general opinion of the majority.
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth.
A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives.
The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.
One of the most obtuse superstitions is the superstition of the scientists who say that man can exist without faith.
I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit.
If it were not so frightening it would be amusing to observe the pride and complacency with which we, like children, take apart the watch, pull out the spring and make a toy of it, and are then surprised when the watch stops working.
When joy disappears, look for your mistake.
If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things.
Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?
Read less, study less, but think more.
I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.
Children: a torment and nothing more.