Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.

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

I will appoint captains to rule my cities, for it is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him.

Only the children know what they are looking for.

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

A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories.