The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

The priest knows, as every one knows, that there is no longer any "God," or any "sinner," or any "Saviour" that "free will" and the "moral order of the world" are lies : serious reflection, the profound self conquest of the spirit, allow no man to pretend that he does not know it.

I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

For the longest time, marriage has had a guilty conscience about itself. Should we believe it?--Yes, we should believe it.

Even the most honest writer lets slip a word too many when he wants to round off a period.

Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease.