“Thus do the gods justify the life of man: they themselves live it--the only satisfactory theodicy!”

“Thus God's work and His eyes are in the depths, but man's only in the height.”

“The glory of God is the living man, but the life of man is the vision of God', says St. Irenaeus, getting to the heart of what happens when man meets God on the mountain in the wilderness. Ultimately, it is the very life of man, man himself as living righteously, that is the true worship of God, but life only becomes real life when it receives its form from looking toward God.”

“The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.”

“It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.”

“It is a good rule in life to be wary of the company of people who think of themselves in the third person, no matter how well justified they might seem to be in doing so.”