Madame de Stael

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man its publication is a duty.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.

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.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike.

The past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present was itself founded on some past that went before it.

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.

To pray together in whatever tongue or ritual is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life.

Sow good services sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Who understands much forgives much.

Enthusiasm signifies God in us.

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.