If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

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.

A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?

If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast!