Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given.

The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies.

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.

These are facts the heart can feel; yet they call for careful study before they become clear to the intellect.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.