There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.