But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us.

If some one loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars. He tells himself, "My flower's up there somewhere. . . ." But if the sheep eats the flower, then for him it's as if, suddenly, all the stars went out. And that isn't important?

If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me.

I was too young to know how to love her.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.