"The highest good is not to be found in the world, but in God."

"Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth— look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intende…"

"I can sum up in one sentence what directly led to my break with the established order of things: it was the complete and utter lack of seriousness, and that Christianity was being turned into a game."

"The true lover is the one who loves the beloved for what he is, not for what he has."

"The present state of the world and the whole of life is a big consolation for me. I may not be great, but I'm not the only one who's a failure."