The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer$$$ that is all.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly$$$ the sorrowful and the oppressed.

Being able to write becomes a kind of shield$$$ a way of hiding$$$ a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.

The knowledge of Christian doctrine grounded only upon arguments is a doubtful and uncertain knowledge. I conceive that syllogisms and arguments are only for this world$$$ and the things of this world$$$ but not for the things of God and of the other world. The natural philosopher attains to his natural knowledge by observations and experiments in several particulars$$$ by antecedents and consequences.

Education: that which reveals to the wise$$$ and conceals from the stupid$$$ the vast limits of their knowledge.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist$$$ except an old optimist.

Believe and you're halfway there.

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast$$$ if I can call it that$$$ one is affected by every twitch and grunt.