To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty.

A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.