...one may say anything about the history of the world - anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing one can't say is that it's rational.

And though I suffer for you, yet it eases my heart to suffer for you.

There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.

The consciousness of life is higher than life.

Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

We are all happy if we but knew it.