Many of you have already found out, and others will find out in the course of their lives, that truth eludes us if we do not concentrate our attention totally on it's pursuit. But even while it eludes us, the illusion of knowing it still lingers and leads to many misunderstandings. Also, truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

We have to condemn the very idea that some people have the right to repress others.

Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.

One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.

What a force is laughter.

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.

Friends! Let us try to help if we are worth anything at all!