One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds.

A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.

I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.