The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.

Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch.

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.

An experience teaches only the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.