“Man's ability to delude himself is infinite.”

“The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.”

“The virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.”

“When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?”

“There is no deception on the part of the woman, where a man bewilders himself: if he deludes his own wits, I can certainly acquit the women. Whatever man allows his mind to dwell upon the imprint his imagination has foolishly taken of women, is fanning the flames within himself -- and, since the woman knows nothing about it, she is not to blame. For if a man incites himself to drown, and will not restrain himself, it is not the water's fault.”

“God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.”