I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

The most exhausting effort in my life has been to suppress my own nature in order to make it serve my biggest plans.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

It is easy to shield the outer body from poisoned arrows, but it is impossible to shield the mind from the poisoned darts that originate within itself. Greed, anger, foolishness and the infatuations of egoism - these four poisoned darts originate within the mind and infect it with deadly poison.