There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

To drive out the darkness, bring in the light.

The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions.

Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

To perceive means to immobilize. To say this is to say that we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.

The motive power of democracy is love