To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

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.

Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

You give birth to that on which you fix your mind

It is not a question of living dangerously. That formula is too arrogant, too presumptuous. I don't care much for bull-fighters. It's not the danger I love. I know what I love. It is life itself.

Loneliness is bred of a mind that has grown earth-bound.

And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery.