His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything.

Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject.

Most men are like me. They cannot live in a universe where the most bizarre thought can in one second enter into the realm of reality--where, most often, it does enter, like a knife in a heart.

The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a parliament for making it, and that parliament must be constituted by means of worldwide elections in which all nations will take part.

Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders.

What did it matter if he existed for two or for twenty years? Happiness was the fact that he had existed.

How do you put everyone in the pool, so you have the right to dry yourself in the sun?