One day we'll be old enough to read fairy-tales once again.
We all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men “after our own heart.
Evil can be undone, but it cannot "develop" into good.
But i’ve never seen a son of adam or a daughter of eve before.
You are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.
Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
Instrument by which god reveals to each the beauties of all the others.
Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
You can make anything by writing.
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
We all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men “after our own heart.
Those who love greatly are “near” to god.
Instrument by which god reveals to each the beauties of all the others.
Nothing in man is either worse or better for being shared with the beasts.
Love is the great conqueror of lust.
Love is too young to know what conscience is.
Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.