A liking for truth at any cost is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing resists. It's a vice, at times a comfort, or a selfishness.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.

Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is life that possesses us and on occasion shuts our mouths.

I love life - that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.

The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.

Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.