For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.

I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.

Mathematics is the queen of disciplines.... it will drive the nonsense out of your head!

A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.

Both salvation and punishment for man lie in the fact that if he lives wrongly he can befog himself so as not to see the misery of his position.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed.