Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.

One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

Nothing comes of severity if there be no leanings towards a change of heart. And if there be natural leanings towards a change of heart, what need for severity?

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.