"Our goal can only be reached through a vehicle of a pain, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

"The kingdom of God or nothing."

"But search the land of living men, Wher wilst thou find their like again."

"Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it."

"Many books today suggest that the mass of women lead lives of noisy desperation."

"'Think as I think' said the man, 'or you are abominable. You are a toad.' And after I had thought on it, I said 'I will then, be a toad.'"

"...people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right."

"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over."

"Men should not trust in God as if God did all, and yet labor earnestly as is he himself did all."

"Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and thata€?s all you have."

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works..."

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men."