If I am to listen to another man's opinion, it must be expressed positively. Of things problematical I have enough in myself.
Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe.
I keep silence about many things, for I do not want to put people out of countenance; and I am well content if they are pleased with things that annoy me.
Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.
A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.