Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat what he believes to be true must determine his actions.

I was comfortable in all, I admit, but at the same time, nothing satisfied me. Each joy made me seek another.

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

If there is a soul, it is a mistake to believe that it is given to us fully created. It is created here, throughout a whole life. And living is nothing else but that long and painful bringing forth.