Truth, like light is dazzling. By contrast, untruth is a beautiful sunset that enhances everything.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people.

Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happy and judged, or absolved and wretched.

how hard it must be to live only with what one knows and what one remembers, cut off from what one hopes for!