"Woman is weak — no, she is humble, she is much closer to God than man is. Hence it is that love is everything to her, and she will certainly not disdain the blessing and confirmation which God is read…"

"The more a person is able to laugh, the more profound is his spirit."

"The religious individual is the one who lives in fear and trembling before God."

"The paradox of faith is that the individual is higher than the universal."

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."