I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it.

The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.

Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

To ease another's burden, help to carry it.