Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.

Freedom is a system based on courage.