Time, matter, space - all, it may be, are no more than a point.

The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.

Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?

We are a free people; and now you have planted in our country the title deeds of our future slavery. You are neither god nor demon; who are you, then, to make slaves? Orou! You understand the language of these men, tell us all, as you have told me, what they have written on this sheet of metal: This country is ours. This country yours? And why? Because you have walked thereon? If a Tahitian landed one day on your shores, and scratched on one of your rocks or on the bark of your trees: This country belongs to the people of Tahiti - what would you think?

There is not a Musselman alive who would not imagine that he was performing an action pleasing to God and his Holy Prophet by exterminating every Christian on earth, while the Christians are scarcely more tolerant on their side.

My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.

A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.