If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

For me, physical love has always been bound to an irresistible feeling of innocence and joy. Thus, I cannot love in tears but in exaltation.

There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.

A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them.

After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the path to follow for attaining peace. "Yes, he replied. "The path of sympathy.

When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.