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.

The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise au point) of the book as a vital function.

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create.

Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Law is born from despair of human nature.