I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.