But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.