The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals.

If you no longer believe in the God in whom you believed in before, this comes from the fact that there was something wrong with your belief, and you must strive to understand better that which you call God.

I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception.

The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them.

Children: a torment and nothing more.

The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.

Pierre was one of those people who are strong only when they feel themselves perfectly pure.