"We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us." — Madame de Stael

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.