"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced."
"Those who do not weep, do not see."
"There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God."
"Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved."
"If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring."
"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God."