Believe me, the hardest thing for a man to give up is that which he really doesn't want, after all.
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
This is the century of fear.
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.