If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.
If a man has not, by the time he is thirty, yielded to the fascination of every form of extremism—I don't know whether he is to be admired or scorned, regarded as a saint or a corpse.
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.
Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.
Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.