The will to be oneself is heroism

To learn English you must begin by thrusting the jaw forward, almost clenching the teeth, and practically immbilizing the lips. In this way the English produce the series of unpleasant little mews of which their language consists.

I am myself and what is around me, and if I do not save it, it shall not save me.

The truth is that no horizon is especially interesting by itself, by virtue of its peculiar content, and that any horizon, wide or narrow, brilliant or dull, varied or monotonous, may possess an interest of its own which merely requires a vital adjustment to be discovered.

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.

The mass believes that it has the right to impose and to give force of law to notions born in the café.

With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals.