"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."

"The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment."

"I believe that if one were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up."

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

"The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison."