One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

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

Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.

Be the sun and all will see you.

Just take a look around you: Blood is flowing in rivers and in such a jolly way you’d think it was champagne.

I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease.

Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.