Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Read Summary
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Read Summary
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. Read Summary
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. Read Summary
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. Read Summary
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Read Summary
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. Read Summary
Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. Read Summary
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. Read Summary
Purity of heart is to will one thing. Read Summary
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself. Read Summary
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. Read Summary
The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes. Read Summary
Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid. Read Summary
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. Read Summary
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Read Summary
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Read Summary
Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all. Read Summary
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Read Summary
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. Read Summary