"The most tremendous energy of which the world is capable is the spiritual energy of a man who is in despair."

"The most dangerous of all delusions is that you are not deluded."

"The true lover is the one who loves the beloved for what he is, not for what he has."

"The aesthetic is the immediate, the ethical is the choice, the religious is the infinite passion of inwardness."

"Woman is weak — no, she is humble, she is much closer to God than man is. Hence it is that love is everything to her, and she will certainly not disdain the blessing and confirmation which God is read…"