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.

Every man is his own worst enemy

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Ignorance is not innocence.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

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.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

I was born, have lived, and will die free.

You will never be more than a common Christian until you give up your own interest and cease defending yourself.

Successful women are not liked. I think the biggest danger for women in science is colleagues who are not as good as you are.

I want to know whether you are a person devoted to creating or to exchanging in some respect or other: as a creator you belong tothe free, as an exchanger you are their slave and instrument.

Thank God I have done my duty.

Life is not about how many times you fall down. It's about how many times you get back up.

Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us.

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same.

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.