He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.

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.

C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

Once you are my friend, I am responsible for you.

The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found.