“ Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike. Madame de Stael
“ To pray together in whatever tongue or ritual is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life. Madame de Stael
“ The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. Madame de Stael
“ Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. Madame de Stael
“ Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. Madame de Stael
“ Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. Madame de Stael
“ The past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present was itself founded on some past that went before it. Madame de Stael
