We do not understand that life is paradise, for it suffices only to wish to understand it, and at once paradise will appear in front of us in its beauty.

And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into these cinders for some spark, however tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all that touched his heart, that made his blood course through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that so splendidly deceived him!

If you can put the question, 'Am I or am I not responsible for my acts?' then you are responsible.

Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from the faith.

Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human

Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.