When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?

Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing left to do in this life. Here the secret lies. Here lies the entire story.

When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.

For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.'

There is not a thing that is more positive than bread.

The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of God and the immortality of your soul.