He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

The theoretician believes in logic and believes that he despises dreams, intuition, and poetry. He does not recognize that these three fairies have only disguised themselves in order to dazzle him.... He does not know that he owes his greatest discoveries to them.

Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.

In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.

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