“A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him
“We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him
“What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?
“He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it
“The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.