The drive toward knowledge has a moral origin.

“Evil men have no songs.” How is it, then, that the Russians have songs?

The woman and the genius do not work. Up to now, woman has been mankind's supreme luxury. In all those moments when we do our best, we do not work. Work is merely a means to these moments.

Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed.

Triumph depends on a roll of Fate's dice; the ultimate prize is a place in Heaven.

You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening?

If you buy the why, the how is infinitely bearable