Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

The self- explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer.

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.

I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become sadder, but enjoy living; become more serene, be happy in others; belong to no one, grow in everyone; love the best, comfort the worst; not even hate myself anymore.

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.