"The truth that seems discouraging does in reality only transform the courage of those strong enough to accept it; and…"

"For in truth all our justice, morality, all our thoughts and feelings, derive from three or four primordial necessiti…"

"We cannot tell how the religion of the Hindus came into being. When we become aware of it, we find it already complet…"

"Quand nous perdons un être aimé, ce qui nous fait pleurer les larmes qui ne soulagent point, c'est le souvenir des mo…"

"We possess, in the sacred and secret books of India, of which we know only an infinitesimal part, a cosmogony which n…"

"It is not my purpose here to discuss the question of vegetarianism, or to meet the objections that may be urged again…"

"An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet rewa…"

"Thanks to the labors of a science which is comparatively recent, and more especially to the researches of the student…"

"Is it possible to find, in our human annals, words more majestic, more full of solemn anguish, more august in tone, m…"

"This ideal is evidently still very imaginary, and may seem of but little importance; and infinite time must elapse, a…"