From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.