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

A belief is not true simply because it is useful.

It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation - to force the esteem of others - seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.

At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE

A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.

Time is but the space between our memories; as soon as we cease to perceive this space, time has disappeared.

At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away from all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own nothingness.