We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Style means the right word. The rest matters little.

I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.