"Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness."
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."
"I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular."
"Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and enigmatic."
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."
"Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love."