"The higher the spiritual development of a man, the less can he tolerate violence and coercion."

"There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way."

"I often think that the only way to be happy is to be ignorant."

"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."

"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live."