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

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that those depths were sky, having no roof between those depths and me, no branches to screen them, no root to cling to, I was seized with vertigo and felt myself as if flung forth and plunging downward like a diver.

To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.

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

For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites.