It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities but wise thoughts

A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.

We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do not notice the atrocity, stupidity and cruelty with which the teaching of the Christian church is permeated

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.