The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.
The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.
Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world.
The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny.
The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved