The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted
I was born, have lived, and will die free.
It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.
Every man is his own worst enemy
There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.
God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.
As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.
Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.
A sublime religion inevitably generates a strong feeling of guilt. There is an unavoidable contrast between loftiness of profession and imperfection of practice. And, as one would expect, the feeling of guilt promotes hate and brazenness. Thus it seems that the more sublime the faith the more virulent the hatred it breeds.
Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.