“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”

“How can the feeling man resist feeling, the loving one love? Who has not experienced the overwhelming power of melody? And what else is melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of fee...”

“If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism at least in the sense of this work is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed o...”

“Faith does not limit itself by the idea of a world, a universe, a necessity.”

“Faith in the power of prayer is faith in miraculous power; and faith in miracles is the essence of faith in general. [F]aith is nothing else than confidence in the reality of the subjective in ...”

“The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.”

“The essence of faith is the idea that that which man wishes actually is: he wishes to be immortal, therefore he is immortal; he wishes for the existence of a being who can do everything which is i...”

“No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.”

“If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.”

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”