For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.

Gilbert Jonas, painter, believed in his star.... His own faith was not, however, without its virtues because it consisted in admitting, in some obscure way, that he would obtain many things without deserving them.

To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to us to be conscious of them.

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence.