Religion is the opium of the people.
They could have done it better with an ax.
I see and hear daily that you of the Clergy preach one against another, teach one contrary to another, inveigh one against another without charity or discretion.
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain — and most fools do.
Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
