Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

I have no friends, I only have accomplices now. On the other hand, my accomplices are more numerous than my friends: they are the human race.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

To lose the touch of flowers and women's hands is the supreme separation.

I have never been able, really, to regret anything in all my life. I have always been far much too absorbed in the present moment or the immediate future to think back.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Rule: Start by looking for what is valid in every man.